Re: [PATCH] wifi: mwifiex: Fix dev_alloc_name() return value check

From: Francesco Dolcini

Date: Tue Feb 10 2026 - 05:55:05 EST


On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 06:03:34PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> dev_alloc_name() returns the allocated ID on success, which could be
> over 0.
>
> Fix the return value check to check for negative error codes.
>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aYmsQfujoAe5qO02@stanley.mountain/
> Fixes: 7bab5bdb81e3 ("wifi: mwifiex: Allocate dev name earlier for interface workqueue name")
> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>