Re: [PATCH] Driver Core update for 2.6.4
From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Mar 15 2004 - 20:45:40 EST
ChangeSet 1.1608.84.8, 2004/03/11 10:57:27-08:00, ogasawara@xxxxxxxx
[PATCH] Fix class_register() always returns 0
I noticed that the class_register() function in drivers/base/class.c
always returns 0 and thus will never fail. Patch below inserts simple
error checking to return any errors if they occur. Feedback welcome.
Thanks,
drivers/base/class.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -Nru a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
--- a/drivers/base/class.c Mon Mar 15 15:29:19 2004
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c Mon Mar 15 15:29:19 2004
@@ -102,13 +102,21 @@
int class_register(struct class * cls)
{
+ int error;
+
pr_debug("device class '%s': registering\n",cls->name);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->children);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->interfaces);
- kobject_set_name(&cls->subsys.kset.kobj,cls->name);
+ error = kobject_set_name(&cls->subsys.kset.kobj,cls->name);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+
subsys_set_kset(cls,class_subsys);
- subsystem_register(&cls->subsys);
+
+ error = subsystem_register(&cls->subsys);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
return 0;
}
-
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