[PATCH v2] rtl8712: add a check for the status of register_netdev

[Kangjie Lu]

register_netdev() may fail, so let's check its return value, and if it
fails, issue an error message.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu at umn.edu>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
index 7cdd609cab6c..ca0858660a45 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 static void rtl871x_load_fw_cb(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context)
 {
 	struct _adapter *padapter = context;
+	struct usb_device *udev = padapter->dvobjpriv.pusbdev;
 
 	complete(&padapter->rtl8712_fw_ready);
 	if (!firmware) {
-		struct usb_device *udev = padapter->dvobjpriv.pusbdev;
 		struct usb_interface *pusb_intf = padapter->pusb_intf;
 
 		dev_err(&udev->dev, "r8712u: Firmware request failed\n");
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ static void rtl871x_load_fw_cb(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context)
 	}
 	padapter->fw = firmware;
 	/* firmware available - start netdev */
-	register_netdev(padapter->pnetdev);
+	if (register_netdev(padapter->pnetdev))
+		dev_err(&udev->dev, "r8712u: Registering netdev failed\n");
 }
 
 static const char firmware_file[] = "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin";
-- 
2.17.2 (Apple Git-113)