From: Thomas Sujith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need to extract errors using PTR_ERR macro and process accordingly.thermal_cooling_device_register returning NULL means that CONFIG_THERMAL=n and in that case no need to create symbolic links.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Sujith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/acpi/processor_core.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6.24/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24.orig/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
+++ linux-2.6.24/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
@@ -670,21 +670,26 @@ static int __cpuinit acpi_processor_star
pr->cdev = thermal_cooling_device_register("Processor", device,
&processor_cooling_ops);
- if (pr->cdev)
+ if (IS_ERR(pr->cdev)) {
+ result = PTR_ERR(pr->cdev);
+ goto end;
+ }
+ if (pr->cdev) {
printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX
"%s is registered as cooling_device%d\n",
device->dev.bus_id, pr->cdev->id);
- else
- goto end;
- result = sysfs_create_link(&device->dev.kobj,
&pr->cdev->device.kobj,
- "thermal_cooling");
- if (result)
- return result;
- result = sysfs_create_link(&pr->cdev->device.kobj,
&device->dev.kobj,
- "device");
- if (result)
- return result;
+ result = sysfs_create_link(&device->dev.kobj,
+ &pr->cdev->device.kobj,
+ "thermal_cooling");
+ if (result)
+ return result;
+ result = sysfs_create_link(&pr->cdev->device.kobj,
+ &device->dev.kobj,
+ "device");
+ if (result)
+ return result;
+ }
if (pr->flags.throttling) {
printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "%s [%s] (supports",
[patch 4 of 6] ACPI processor - extract return value using PTR_ERR
Description: [patch 4 of 6] ACPI processor - extract return value using PTR_ERR
