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* [PATCH] raw: return negative from raw_init()
@ 2006-09-12 1:19 Alexey Dobriyan
2006-09-12 3:34 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-09-14 21:31 ` Andrew Morton
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alexey Dobriyan @ 2006-09-12 1:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-kernel
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
---
drivers/char/raw.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
error:
printk(KERN_ERR "error register raw device\n");
- return 1;
+ return -1;
}
static void __exit raw_exit(void)
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* Re: [PATCH] raw: return negative from raw_init()
2006-09-12 1:19 [PATCH] raw: return negative from raw_init() Alexey Dobriyan
@ 2006-09-12 3:34 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-09-14 21:31 ` Andrew Morton
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Dmitry Torokhov @ 2006-09-12 3:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexey Dobriyan; +Cc: Andrew Morton, linux-kernel
On Monday 11 September 2006 21:19, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> drivers/char/raw.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/char/raw.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
> @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
>
> error:
> printk(KERN_ERR "error register raw device\n");
> - return 1;
> + return -1;
> }
>
How about reworking it a bit to pass true error code from the failed
call? Additionally class_device_create call is not checked for errors
there.
--
Dmitry
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* Re: [PATCH] raw: return negative from raw_init()
2006-09-12 1:19 [PATCH] raw: return negative from raw_init() Alexey Dobriyan
2006-09-12 3:34 ` Dmitry Torokhov
@ 2006-09-14 21:31 ` Andrew Morton
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2006-09-14 21:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexey Dobriyan; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:19:18 +0400
Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> drivers/char/raw.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/char/raw.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
> @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int __init raw_init(void)
>
> error:
> printk(KERN_ERR "error register raw device\n");
> - return 1;
> + return -1;
> }
>
> static void __exit raw_exit(void)
Rolf got there first. Please review
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.18-rc6/2.6.18-rc6-mm2/broken-out/return-better-error-codes-if-drivers-char-rawc-module-init-fails.patch
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