From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH 10/16] driver core fixes: device_add() cleanup on error
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:09:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11612021771048-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <11612021733101-git-send-email-greg@kroah.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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 10 +++++++---
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index aee3743..365f709 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -433,14 +433,16 @@ 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;
@@ -450,7 +452,7 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
error = device_create_file(dev, attr);
if (error) {
kfree(attr);
- goto attrError;
+ goto ueventattrError;
}
dev->devt_attr = attr;
@@ -507,6 +509,8 @@ 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);
--
1.4.2.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-18 20:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-18 19:58 [GIT PATCH] Driver Core fixes for 2.6.19-rc2 Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:08 ` [PATCH 1/16] Documentation: feature-removal-schedule typo Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:08 ` [PATCH 2/16] Driver core: plug device probe memory leak Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:08 ` [PATCH 3/16] Fix dev_printk() is now GPL-only Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:08 ` [PATCH 4/16] HOWTO: bug report addition Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:08 ` [PATCH 5/16] sysfs: remove duplicated dput in sysfs_update_file Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:08 ` [PATCH 6/16] sysfs: update obsolete comment " Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:08 ` [PATCH 7/16] driver core fixes: sysfs_create_link() retval check in class.c Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:08 ` [PATCH 8/16] driver core fixes: bus_add_attrs() retval check Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 9/16] driver core fixes: bus_add_device() cleanup on error Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:09 ` Greg KH [this message]
2006-10-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 11/16] driver core fixes: device_create_file() retval check in dmapool.c Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 12/16] driver core fixes: sysfs_create_group() retval in topology.c Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 13/16] Driver core: Don't leak 'old_class_name' in drivers/base/core.c::device_rename() Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 14/16] Driver core: Don't ignore error returns from probing Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 15/16] Driver core: bus: remove indentation level Greg KH
2006-10-18 20:09 ` [PATCH 16/16] driver core: kmalloc() failure check in driver_probe_device Greg KH
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