Colin King [off-list ref] wrote:

From: Colin Ian King <redacted>

The call to ath11k_core_firmware_request is returning a pointer that
can be set to an error code, however, this is not being checked.
Instead ret is being incorrecly checked for the error return. Fix the
error checking.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Logically dead code")
Fixes: 7b57b2ddec21 ("ath11k: create a common function to request all firmware files")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>

A similar patch has been already applied.

error: patch failed: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c:1886
error: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c: patch does not apply
stg import: Diff does not apply cleanly

Patch set to Rejected.

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