[1/9] driver core fixes: make_class_name() retval check

From: Cornelia Huck
Date: Fri Sep 22 2006 - 05:36:58 EST


From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>

Make make_class_name() return NULL on error and fixup callers in the
driver core.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/base/class.c | 12 ++++++++----
drivers/base/core.c | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6-CH.orig/drivers/base/class.c
+++ linux-2.6-CH/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ char *make_class_name(const char *name,

class_name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!class_name)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ return NULL;

strcpy(class_name, name);
strcat(class_name, ":");
@@ -409,8 +409,11 @@ static int make_deprecated_class_device_
return 0;

class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name, &class_dev->kobj);
- error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, &class_dev->kobj,
- class_name);
+ if (!class_name)
+ error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj,
+ &class_dev->kobj, class_name);
+ else
+ error = -ENOMEM;
kfree(class_name);
return error;
}
@@ -771,7 +774,8 @@ void class_device_del(struct class_devic
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name,
&class_dev->kobj);
- sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
+ if (class_name)
+ sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
#endif
sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "device");
}
--- linux-2.6-CH.orig/drivers/base/core.c
+++ linux-2.6-CH/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -469,7 +469,9 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
if (parent) {
sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->parent->kobj, "device");
class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
- sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj, &dev->kobj, class_name);
+ if (class_name)
+ sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj,
+ &dev->kobj, class_name);
}
#endif
}
@@ -600,7 +602,8 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
char *class_name = NULL;

class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
- sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj, class_name);
+ if (class_name)
+ sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj, class_name);
kfree(class_name);
#endif
sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");
-
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