Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: fix unconditional error return in .add_virtual_intf callback

From: Julian Calaby
Date: Sun Jul 03 2016 - 20:19:31 EST


Hi All,

On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 5:39 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas
<javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The commit 7311ea850079 ("mwifiex: fix AP start problem for newly added
> interface") attempted to fix an issue when a new AP interface is added.
>
> But the patch didn't check the return value of the functions doing the
> firmware calls and returned an error even if the functions didn't fail.
>
> This prevents the network device to be registered properly, so fix it.
>
> Fixes: commit 7311ea850079 ("mwifiex: fix AP start problem for newly added interface")
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks correct to me as Dan Carpenter submitted the same fix.

Reviewed-by: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

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