Re: [PATCH 09/10] oss: msnd: check request_region() return value

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Wed Jul 28 2010 - 17:21:20 EST


On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:00:02PM +0200, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> This should be -EBUSY as well. The same for "[PATCH 06/10] ALSA: msnd:
> check request_region() return value"
>
> Another way to write that would be:
>

Gar. I was thinking of request_resource(). request_region() returns a
pointer of course.

But still the return code should probably be -EBUSY. Resource
conflicts are more likely than allocation failures.

regards,
dan carpenter

> - request_region(dev.io, dev.numio, dev.name);
> + err = request_region(dev.io, dev.numio, dev.name);
> + if (err) {
> + free_irq(dev.irq, &dev);
> + return err;
> + }
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
> > + if (request_region(dev.io, dev.numio, dev.name) == NULL) {
> > + free_irq(dev.irq, &dev);
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > + }
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