Re: [PATCH] drivers: char: scx200_gpio: check return value of cdev_add()

[Salah Triki <salah.triki@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 04:54:38PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 05:56:14PM +0100, Salah Triki wrote:
> > Check return value of cdev_add() and in case of error unregister the
> > range of device numbers.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c | 6 +++++-
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c b/drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c
> > index 700e6affea6f..36efcc828e8e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c
> > +++ b/drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c
> > @@ -107,10 +107,14 @@ static int __init scx200_gpio_init(void)
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	cdev_init(&scx200_gpio_cdev, &scx200_gpio_fileops);
> > -	cdev_add(&scx200_gpio_cdev, devid, MAX_PINS);
> > +	rc = cdev_add(&scx200_gpio_cdev, devid, MAX_PINS);
> > +	if (rc)
> > +		goto unregister_chrdev_region;
> >  
> >  	return 0; /* succeed */
> >  
> > +unregister_chrdev_region:
> > +	unregister_chrdev_region(devid, MAX_PINS);
> >  undo_platform_device_add:
> >  	platform_device_del(pdev);
> >  undo_malloc:
> > -- 
> > 2.43.0
> > 
> 
> How was this tested?
> 

I only compiled it.

ST 

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h