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Subject[PATCH] hdlcdrv: replace assertion with recovery code
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In hdlcdrv_register, failure to register the driver causes a crash.
However, by returning the error to the caller in case ops is NULL
can avoid the crash. The patch fixes this issue.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@umn.edu>
---
drivers/net/hamradio/hdlcdrv.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/hdlcdrv.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/hdlcdrv.c
index df495b5595f5..38e5d1e54800 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/hdlcdrv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/hdlcdrv.c
@@ -687,7 +687,8 @@ struct net_device *hdlcdrv_register(const struct hdlcdrv_ops *ops,
struct hdlcdrv_state *s;
int err;

- BUG_ON(ops == NULL);
+ if (!ops)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);

if (privsize < sizeof(struct hdlcdrv_state))
privsize = sizeof(struct hdlcdrv_state);
--
2.20.1
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