Re: [PATCH 3/8] block/floppy.c: handle blk_register_region() return value

From: Grant Grundler
Date: Mon Nov 09 2015 - 18:44:36 EST


On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 4:22 AM, Vishnu Pratap Singh
<vishnu.ps@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch handles blk_register_region() return value.
> Earlier blk_register_region() function doesn't handle error
> cases, now it is added, so the callers of this function
> should also handle it.
>
> Verfied on X86 based ubuntu machine.
> This patch depends on [PATCH 1/8] block/genhd.c: Add error handling
>
> Signed-off-by: Vishnu Pratap Singh <vishnu.ps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/block/floppy.c | 11 +++++++----
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
> index 331363e..50802a6 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
> @@ -4219,8 +4219,10 @@ static int __init do_floppy_init(void)
> if (err)
> goto out_unreg_blkdev;
>
> - blk_register_region(MKDEV(FLOPPY_MAJOR, 0), 256, THIS_MODULE,
> + err = blk_register_region(MKDEV(FLOPPY_MAJOR, 0), 256, THIS_MODULE,
> floppy_find, NULL, NULL);
> + if (err)
> + goto out_unreg_region;
>
> for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
> if (ITYPE(i))
> @@ -4250,7 +4252,7 @@ static int __init do_floppy_init(void)
> if (fdc_state[0].address == -1) {
> cancel_delayed_work(&fd_timeout);
> err = -ENODEV;
> - goto out_unreg_region;
> + goto out_fdc_err;
> }
> #if N_FDC > 1
> fdc_state[1].address = FDC2;
> @@ -4261,7 +4263,7 @@ static int __init do_floppy_init(void)
> if (err) {
> cancel_delayed_work(&fd_timeout);
> err = -EBUSY;
> - goto out_unreg_region;
> + goto out_fdc_region;

Please drop this hunk.

> }
>
> /* initialise drive state */
> @@ -4357,8 +4359,9 @@ out_remove_drives:
> out_release_dma:
> if (atomic_read(&usage_count))
> floppy_release_irq_and_dma();
> -out_unreg_region:
> +out_fdc_err:
> blk_unregister_region(MKDEV(FLOPPY_MAJOR, 0), 256);
> +out_unreg_region:

Nit: out_unreg_region should continue to be a label for the
unregister_region call.

My preference would be to add a new label here so something like
"goto out_driver_unregister" works.

I normally would ignore this sort of thing but this patch needs to be
reposted as V2 anyway.

cheers,
grant

> platform_driver_unregister(&floppy_driver);
> out_unreg_blkdev:
> unregister_blkdev(FLOPPY_MAJOR, "fd");
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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