Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: caif: fix ineffective error check

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Hello.

On 12/3/2016 2:18 PM, Pan Bian wrote:

> In function caif_sktinit_module(), the check of the return value of
> sock_register() seems ineffective. This patch fixes it.
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188751
>
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/caif/caif_socket.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/caif/caif_socket.c b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
> index aa209b1..2a689a3 100644
> --- a/net/caif/caif_socket.c
> +++ b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
> @@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ static int caif_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
>  static int __init caif_sktinit_module(void)
>  {
>  	int err = sock_register(&caif_family_ops);
> -	if (!err)
> +	if (err)
>  		return err;

   Why not just:

	return sock_register(&caif_family_ops);

>  	return 0;
>  }

MBR, Sergei