Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:29:51 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] wavelan: check request_region return value | From | Jean Tourrilhes <> |
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On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 05:22:29PM -0600, Steven Walter wrote: > I recently changed several drivers in drivers/net of the Linux kernel to > correctly check the return value of request_region. Since you appear > to be the maintainer of this driver, I'm forwarding the patch to you. > > Thanks > -- > -Steven
For some reason, the tab got mangled, so I redid the patch. Ready to go in kernel 2.4.X and 2.5.X.
Jean
diff -u -p linux/drivers/net/wavelan.j1.c linux/drivers/net/wavelan.c --- linux/drivers/net/wavelan.j1.c Wed Jan 9 14:23:19 2002 +++ linux/drivers/net/wavelan.c Wed Jan 9 14:25:04 2002 @@ -4019,7 +4019,8 @@ static int __init wavelan_config(device dev->irq = irq; - request_region(ioaddr, sizeof(ha_t), "wavelan"); + if (!request_region(ioaddr, sizeof(ha_t), "wavelan")) + return -EBUSY; dev->mem_start = 0x0000; dev->mem_end = 0x0000; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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