In a few cases the err-variable is not set to a negative error code if a function call fails and thus 0 is returned instead. It may be better to set err to the appropriate negative error code before returning.
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188841 Reported-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2...@163.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Preisner <thomas.preisner+li...@fau.de> Signed-off-by: Milan Stephan <milan.stephan+li...@fau.de> --- drivers/net/ethernet/3com/typhoon.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/typhoon.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/typhoon.c index a0cacbe..c88b88a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/typhoon.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/typhoon.c @@ -2404,6 +2404,7 @@ typhoon_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) - if(!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) { + if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) { err_msg = "Could not obtain valid ethernet address, aborting"; + err = -EIO; goto error_out_reset; } @@ -2411,7 +2412,8 @@ typhoon_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) * later when we print out the version reported. */ INIT_COMMAND_WITH_RESPONSE(&xp_cmd, TYPHOON_CMD_READ_VERSIONS); - if(typhoon_issue_command(tp, 1, &xp_cmd, 3, xp_resp) < 0) { + err = typhoon_issue_command(tp, 1, &xp_cmd, 3, xp_resp); + if (err < 0) { err_msg = "Could not get Sleep Image version"; goto error_out_reset; } @@ -2453,7 +2455,8 @@ typhoon_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) dev->features = dev->hw_features | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX | NETIF_F_RXCSUM; - if(register_netdev(dev) < 0) { + err = register_netdev(dev); + if (err < 0) { err_msg = "unable to register netdev"; goto error_out_reset; } -- 2.7.4
