Re: [PATCH 1/3] Input: xpad - return proper error in error path

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Fri Nov 12 2010 - 08:40:45 EST


Am Freitag, 12. November 2010, 03:48:36 schrieb Axel Lin:
> In current implementation, xpad_probe return 0 when
> usb_alloc_urb failed for xpad->bulk_out and kzalloc failed for xpad->bdata.
>
> This patch removes the initialization for error variable,
> assign the error code at the place the error happens instead.

I am afraid you cannot let stand the order of allocations here anyway,
as xpad->irq_in is currently submitted before xpad->bulk_out is allocated.
That however is a race, because the callback for irq_in can call
xpad360w_process_packet(), which will in turn submit the bulk URB.

I am afraid your patch is pointless unless the logic is also fixed.

Regards
Oliver
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