Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] net-gianfar: Less function calls in gfar_ethflow_to_filer_table() after error detection

From: SF Markus Elfring <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 13:50:15 +0100

>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
>> @@ -778,11 +778,13 @@ static int gfar_ethflow_to_filer_table(struct gfar_private *priv, u64 ethflow,
>>  
>>  	local_rqfpr = kmalloc_array(MAX_FILER_IDX + 1, sizeof(unsigned int),
>>  				    GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (!local_rqfpr)
>> +		return 1;
> 
> Why return 1?  Previously 0 was returned.

You are right. - Unfortunately, I made a mistake at this place
of my update suggestion.

> Normally, one returns -ENOMEM for this case, but it looks like this 
> function is returning 0 on failure.

Should a symbol like "false" be used instead of such a special number?

Regards,
Markus