From: Thomas Sujith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need to check whetherthermal_cooling_device_register returned ERROR or not.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Sujith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/acpi/video.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
Index: linux-2.6.24/drivers/acpi/video.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24.orig/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ linux-2.6.24/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -731,6 +731,9 @@ static void acpi_video_device_find_cap(s
device->cdev = thermal_cooling_device_register("LCD",
device->dev,
&video_cooling_ops);
+ if (IS_ERR(device->cdev))
+ return;
+
if (device->cdev) {
printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX
"%s is registered as
cooling_device%d\n",
[patch 5 of 6] ACPI video - check for error in cooling_device_register
Description: [patch 5 of 6] ACPI video - check for error in cooling_device_register
