From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
To: Greg K-H <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [08/12] driver core fixes: device_add() cleanup on error
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:38:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060913183854.2dea7c0b@gondolin.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060913163007.21cf10a8@gondolin.boeblingen.de.ibm.com>
From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Check for return code of device_create_file() and correct cleanup in
the error case in device_add().
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
core.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.18-rc6/drivers/base/core.c 2006-09-12 16:19:43.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc6+CH/drivers/base/core.c 2006-09-12 18:27:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -406,14 +406,16 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
if (dev->driver)
dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = dev->driver->owner;
dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
- device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+ error = device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+ if (error)
+ goto attrError;
if (MAJOR(dev->devt)) {
struct device_attribute *attr;
attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!attr) {
error = -ENOMEM;
- goto PMError;
+ goto ueventattrError;
}
attr->attr.name = "dev";
attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
@@ -423,7 +425,7 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
error = device_create_file(dev, attr);
if (error) {
kfree(attr);
- goto attrError;
+ goto ueventattrError;
}
dev->devt_attr = attr;
@@ -479,6 +481,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
device_remove_file(dev, dev->devt_attr);
kfree(dev->devt_attr);
}
+ ueventattrError:
+ device_remove_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
attrError:
kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
kobject_del(&dev->kobj);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-13 16:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20060913163007.21cf10a8@gondolin.boeblingen.de.ibm.com>
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [01/12] driver core fixes: make_class_name() retval check Cornelia Huck
2006-09-14 12:01 ` Martin Waitz
2006-09-15 11:20 ` Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [02/12] driver core fixes: device_register() retval check in platform.c Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [03/12] driver core fixes: fixup platform_device_register_simple() Cornelia Huck
2006-09-14 2:31 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-09-14 7:06 ` Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [04/12] driver core fixes: retval check in class_register() Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [05/12] driver core fixes: sysfs_create_link() retval check in class.c Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [06/12] driver core fixes: bus_add_attrs() retval check Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [07/12] driver core fixes: bus_add_device() cleanup on error Cornelia Huck
[not found] ` <1158168423.14312.16.camel@localhost>
2006-09-14 7:40 ` Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` Cornelia Huck [this message]
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [09/12] driver core fixes: bus_attach_device() retval check Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:39 ` [10/12] driver core fixes: sysfs_create_link() retval check in core.c Cornelia Huck
[not found] ` <1158168842.14312.18.camel@localhost>
2006-09-14 7:43 ` Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:39 ` [11/12] driver core fixes: device_create_file() retval check in dmapool.c Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:39 ` [12/12] driver core fixes: sysfs_create_group() retval in topology.c Cornelia Huck
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