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* [PATCH 07/24] kernel: return actual error on param_sysfs_init
@ 2014-06-17 14:29 Jeff Liu
  2014-06-17 19:25 ` Greg KH
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Liu @ 2014-06-17 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: Christoph Lameter, LKML

From: Jie Liu <jeff.liu@oracle.com>

Return the actual error code if kset_create_and_add() failed

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jie Liu <jeff.liu@oracle.com>
---
 kernel/params.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 1e52ca2..a110987 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -928,10 +928,9 @@ struct kobj_type module_ktype = {
 static int __init param_sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	module_kset = kset_create_and_add("module", &module_uevent_ops, NULL);
-	if (!module_kset) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s (%d): error creating kset\n",
-			__FILE__, __LINE__);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(module_kset)) {
+		pr_warn("%s (%d): error creating kset\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);
+		return PTR_ERR(module_kset);
 	}
 	module_sysfs_initialized = 1;
 
-- 
1.8.3.2

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* Re: [PATCH 07/24] kernel: return actual error on param_sysfs_init
  2014-06-17 14:29 [PATCH 07/24] kernel: return actual error on param_sysfs_init Jeff Liu
@ 2014-06-17 19:25 ` Greg KH
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2014-06-17 19:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jeff Liu; +Cc: Andrew Morton, Christoph Lameter, LKML

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:29:07PM +0800, Jeff Liu wrote:
> From: Jie Liu <jeff.liu@oracle.com>
> 
> Return the actual error code if kset_create_and_add() failed
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jie Liu <jeff.liu@oracle.com>
> ---
>  kernel/params.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Andrew and Christoph, please do not take this patch.

thanks,

greg k-h

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