Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: toshiba: ps3_gelic_net.c: Cleaning up a check on a memory allocation

[Geoff Levand]

Hi,

On Sat, 2014-06-07 at 12:22 +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> A check on a memory allocation is checked incorrectly.
> 
> This was partly found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c
> index d899d00..bb79928 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c
> @@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ static struct gelic_card *gelic_alloc_card_net(struct net_device **netdev)
>  	 * alloc netdev
>  	 */
>  	*netdev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct gelic_port));
> -	if (!netdev) {
> +	if (!*netdev) {
>  		kfree(card->unalign);
>  		return NULL;
>  	}

Looks good, thanks for posting.

Dave, please queue for merge upstream.

Acked-by: Geoff Levand <geoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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