Re: [PATCH] dmascc: Return correct error codes

[David Miller]

From: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:12:36 +0530

> This change has been made with the goal that kernel functions should
> return something more descriptive than -1 on failure.
> 
> A variable `err` has been introduced for storing error codes.
> 
> The return value of kzalloc on failure should return a -1 and not a
> -ENOMEM. This was found using Coccinelle. A simplified version of
> the semantic patch used is:
 ...
> Furthermore, set `err` to -ENOMEM on failure of alloc_netdev(), and to
> -ENODEV on failure of register_netdev() and probe_irq_off().
> 
> The single call site only checks that the return value is not 0,
> hence no change is required at the call site.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied to net-next, thanks.