[PATCH] staging: rtl8187se: r8180_core.c: Inspect the return value of register_netdev()

From: Kumar Amit Mehta
Date: Wed Nov 14 2012 - 06:35:36 EST


Inspect the return value of register_netdev() in the driver probe routine and
return -ENODEV in case of error.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Amit Mehta <gmate.amit@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c
index 20e5fb5..833b083 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c
@@ -3638,7 +3638,8 @@ static int __devinit rtl8180_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,

netif_carrier_off(dev);

- register_netdev(dev);
+ if (register_netdev(dev))
+ goto fail1;

rtl8180_proc_init_one(dev);

--
1.7.9.5

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