Re: [PATCH][5/5][resend] floppy.c: Fix device_create_file() warning

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Mon Mar 19 2007 - 13:42:51 EST


On Monday 19 March 2007 16:20:00 Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Monday 19 March 2007 16:16, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > On 19/03/07, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > -
> > > > device_create_file(&floppy_device[drive].dev,&dev_attr_cmos); +
> > > > err = device_create_file(&floppy_device[drive].dev,
> > > > &dev_attr_cmos); + if (err)
> > > > + printk(KERN_WARNING "Unable to create sysfs
> > > > attribute " + "file for floppy device:
> > > > %s\n", + floppy_device[drive].name);
> > >
> > > That change looks pretty useless. Either the error should be handled
> > > correctly by bailing out or the warn_unused_results should be dropped.
> >
> > At least letting the user know that something failed is better than
> > the current situation of just failing silently I'd say.
>
> I don't think so. That's just bloat.
>

Ok, how about one of the following then?
Personally I'd be ok with either one.


Either this :

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 577c621..9d543f3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -4302,7 +4302,12 @@ static int __init floppy_init(void)
if (err)
goto out_flush_work;

- device_create_file(&floppy_device[drive].dev,&dev_attr_cmos);
+ err = device_create_file(&floppy_device[drive].dev, &dev_attr_cmos);
+ if (err) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Unable to create sysfs attribute "
+ "file for floppy device: %s\n",
+ floppy_device[drive].name);
+ goto out_flush_work;
+ }
+
/* to be cleaned up... */
disks[drive]->private_data = (void *)(long)drive;
disks[drive]->queue = floppy_queue;


or this :


Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 577c621..9d543f3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -4302,7 +4302,12 @@ static int __init floppy_init(void)
if (err)
goto out_flush_work;

- device_create_file(&floppy_device[drive].dev,&dev_attr_cmos);
+ err = device_create_file(&floppy_device[drive].dev, &dev_attr_cmos);
+ if (err)
+ goto out_flush_work;
+
/* to be cleaned up... */
disks[drive]->private_data = (void *)(long)drive;
disks[drive]->queue = floppy_queue;

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