Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: handle rtw_init_netdev_name() failure appropriately

[Pavel Skripkin]

Hi Vihas,

On 1/16/22 22:26, Vihas Mak wrote:
> rtw_init_netdev_name() calls dev_alloc_name() which allocates the name
> for the device as per the given name format.
> It returns a negative err code if the format is invalid. Currently the
> name format is specified by the module parameter "ifname".
> Warn the user if "ifname" is invalid.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vihas Mak <makvihas@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c | 5 ++++-
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> index 91792dfd3..875815b5e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
> @@ -399,7 +399,10 @@ static struct adapter *rtw_usb_if1_init(struct dvobj_priv *dvobj,
>   			DBG_88E("can't get autopm:\n");
>   
>   	/*  alloc dev name after read efuse. */
> -	rtw_init_netdev_name(pnetdev, padapter->registrypriv.ifname);
> +	if (rtw_init_netdev_name(pnetdev, padapter->registrypriv.ifname) < 0) {
> +		DBG_88E("rtw_init_netdev_name failed, ifname:%s\n",
> +			padapter->registrypriv.ifname);
> +	}
>   	rtw_macaddr_cfg(padapter->eeprompriv.mac_addr);
>   	rtw_init_wifidirect_addrs(padapter, padapter->eeprompriv.mac_addr,
>   				  padapter->eeprompriv.mac_addr);

rtw_init_netdev_name() has an error message in case of allocation 
failure. It looks like it's better to handle the error normally and pass 
it to caller




With regards,
Pavel Skripkin