Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192 Check for Null return from dev_skb_alloc

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Jun 19 2014 - 16:51:51 EST


On Thu, 2014-06-19 at 16:20 -0400, Nick Krause wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> So Sorry about wasting your time with bad patchs.
> I feel bad about that. I hope this patch is O.K.
> now. :(

It's not.

> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c
[]
> > @@ -59,7 +58,9 @@ static bool fw_download_code(struct net_device *dev, u8 *code_virtual_address,
> > bLastIniPkt = 1;
> >
> > }
> > -
> > + skb = dev_alloc_skb(frag_length + 4);
> > + if (!skb)
> > + return false;
> > skb = dev_alloc_skb(frag_length + 4);

You're still wasting time and not thoroughly
reading your own patches.

You've duplicated the dev_alloc_skb line.


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