RE: [PATCH 1/1] net: ethernet: broadcom: fix improper return value
From: Kalderon, Michal
Date: Sun Dec 04 2016 - 06:33:25 EST
> From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
>
> Marco BNX2X_ALLOC_AND_SET(arr, lbl, func) calls kmalloc() to allocate
> memory, and jumps to label "lbl" if the allocation fails. Label "lbl"
> first cleans memory and then returns variable rc. Before calling the macro, the
> value of variable rc is 0. Because 0 means no error, the callers of
> bnx2x_init_firmware() may be misled. This patch fixes the bug, assigning "-
> ENOMEM" to rc before calling macro NX2X_ALLOC_AND_SET().
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189141
>
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
The title is wrong from net-next; It should have been "bnx2x: Fix improper return value".
Acked-by: Michal Kalderon <michal.kalderon@xxxxxxxxxx>