At Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:29:15 +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:43:31AM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:09:06 +0530, > > Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > > > > > earlier we were ignoring the return value of snd_ak4114_create and > > > always returning 0. > > > now we are returning the actual status. revo_init is calling this > > > function, and revo_init is checking the return value. > > > > It's not enough only to change there. The problem is that > > spec->ak4114 is dereferenced after snd_ak4114_create(), and this might > > be NULL. So it should return the error before that point. > > > > oops .. i should have looked carefully. > > one more thought: > shouldn't we also do a kfree(spec) on error ?
Not necessary. It's freed in the card's destructor. Takashi > > thanks > sudip > > > > > Takashi > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <[email protected]> > > > --- > > > sound/pci/ice1712/revo.c | 2 +- > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/sound/pci/ice1712/revo.c b/sound/pci/ice1712/revo.c > > > index 1112ec1..2835196 100644 > > > --- a/sound/pci/ice1712/revo.c > > > +++ b/sound/pci/ice1712/revo.c > > > @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static int ap192_ak4114_init(struct snd_ice1712 *ice) > > > * No reason to stop capture stream due to incorrect checks */ > > > spec->ak4114->check_flags = AK4114_CHECK_NO_RATE; > > > > > > - return 0; /* error ignored; it's no fatal error */ > > > + return err; > > > } > > > > > > static int revo_init(struct snd_ice1712 *ice) > > > -- > > > 1.8.1.2 > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
