From f0044d135d15ec2fbec496243f2d74ca3d45d38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 13:57:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "brcmfmac: add a check for the status of usb_register" [ Upstream commit 30a350947692f794796f563029d29764497f2887 ] This reverts commit 42daad3343be4a4e1ee03e30a5f5cc731dadfef5. Because of recent interactions with developers from @umn.edu, all commits from them have been recently re-reviewed to ensure if they were correct or not. Upon review, this commit was found to be incorrect for the reasons below, so it must be reverted. It will be fixed up "correctly" in a later kernel change. The original commit here did nothing to actually help if usb_register() failed, so it gives a "false sense of security" when there is none. The correct solution is to correctly unwind from this error. Cc: Kangjie Lu Cc: Kalle Valo Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210503115736.2104747-69-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/usb.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/usb.c index 586f4df..d2a803f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/usb.c @@ -1586,10 +1586,6 @@ void brcmf_usb_exit(void) void brcmf_usb_register(void) { - int ret; - brcmf_dbg(USB, "Enter\n"); - ret = usb_register(&brcmf_usbdrvr); - if (ret) - brcmf_err("usb_register failed %d\n", ret); + usb_register(&brcmf_usbdrvr); } -- 2.7.4