Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: change error handling to use standard errno

From: Greg KH

Date: Sat Mar 21 2026 - 03:05:26 EST


On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 10:48:24AM +0100, Omer El Idrissi wrote:
> Replace non-standard return values with descriptive linux kernel error
> codes in probe path.
> Also replace the variable name 'status' with 'ret' to be more
> consistent with other kernel code.
>
> Changes since v1:
> -- Replace -ENOMEM with -ENODEV for sdio_dvobj_init fail path
>
> Signed-off-by: Omer El Idrissi <omer.e.idrissi@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c | 30 +++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
> index d664e254912c..4c16c514ca39 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
> @@ -345,38 +345,46 @@ static int rtw_drv_init(
> struct sdio_func *func,
> const struct sdio_device_id *id)
> {
> - int status = _FAIL;
> + int ret;
> struct adapter *if1 = NULL;
> struct dvobj_priv *dvobj;
>
> dvobj = sdio_dvobj_init(func);
> - if (!dvobj)
> + if (!dvobj) {
> + ret = -ENODEV;
> goto exit;
> + }
>
> if1 = rtw_sdio_if1_init(dvobj, id);
> - if (!if1)
> + if (!if1) {
> + ret = -ENOMEM;
> goto free_dvobj;
> + }
>
> /* dev_alloc_name && register_netdev */
> - status = rtw_drv_register_netdev(if1);
> - if (status != _SUCCESS)
> + ret = rtw_drv_register_netdev(if1);
> + if (ret) {
> + ret = -EIO;
> goto free_if1;
> + }
>
> - status = sdio_alloc_irq(dvobj);
> - if (status != _SUCCESS)
> + ret = sdio_alloc_irq(dvobj);
> + if (ret) {
> + ret = -EIO;
> goto free_if1;
> + }
>
> - status = _SUCCESS;
> + ret = _SUCCESS;
>
> free_if1:
> - if (status != _SUCCESS && if1)
> + if (ret != _SUCCESS && if1)
> rtw_sdio_if1_deinit(if1);
>
> free_dvobj:
> - if (status != _SUCCESS)
> + if (ret != _SUCCESS)
> sdio_dvobj_deinit(func);
> exit:
> - return status == _SUCCESS ? 0 : -ENODEV;
> + return ret;
> }
>
> static void rtw_dev_remove(struct sdio_func *func)
> --
> 2.51.0
>

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