Re: [PATCH 1/3] [MTD] physmap.c: Check return of platform_device_register()

[Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>]

I just wrote:

>>> The PHYSMAP_COMPAT code had been ignoring the return value of
>>> platform_device_register() in the physmap_init() function.

>>> Signed-off-by: Zev Weiss <zevweiss@gmail.com>

> [...]

>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
>>> index 42d844f..6fba0d4 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
>>> @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int __init physmap_init(void)
>>>      err = platform_driver_register(&physmap_flash_driver);
>>>  #ifdef PHYSMAP_COMPAT
>>>      if (err == 0)
>>> -        platform_device_register(&physmap_flash);
>>> +        err = platform_device_register(&physmap_flash);
>>>  #endif
>>>
>>>      return err;

[...]

>> Presumably we should run platform_driver_unregister() if the
>> platform_device_register() failed.

>    Why is that? There could be "normal" platform devices out there...

   With that said, the patch is pointless (as already noted by Lennert).

WBR, Sergei