Re: [PATCH] net: caif: check return value of alloc_netdev

[David Miller]

From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon,  9 Nov 2015 13:19:10 +0100

> I don't know if dev can actually be NULL here, but the test should be
> above alloc_netdev(), to avoid leaking the struct net_device in case
> dev is actually NULL. And of course the return value from alloc_netdev
> should be tested.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Maybe the existing code was supposed to be "if (!ndev)", and dev
> cannot be NULL, but then -ENODEV is a slightly odd return
> value. Doing both tests seems to be the safe choice.

This is made painfully impossible to figure out because there seems
to be no in-tree code instantiating platform_device objects for
this caif_spi framework, nor are there even in-tree implementations
of the init_xfer et al. required methods.

So your fix is as good as any, applied, thanks.
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