This patch fixes two things in module_init. - fix register_chrdev() error check
Currently dtlk doesn't check register_chrdev() failure correctly. register_chrdev() returns a errno on failure. - check probe failure dtlk ignores probe failure and allows the module loading without such device. I got "Trying to free nonexistent resource" message by release_region() when unloading module without device. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Chris Pallotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Jim Van Zandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/char/dtlk.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: 2.6-mm/drivers/char/dtlk.c =================================================================== --- 2.6-mm.orig/drivers/char/dtlk.c +++ 2.6-mm/drivers/char/dtlk.c @@ -324,16 +324,22 @@ static int dtlk_release(struct inode *in static int __init dtlk_init(void) { + int err; + dtlk_port_lpc = 0; dtlk_port_tts = 0; dtlk_busy = 0; dtlk_major = register_chrdev(0, "dtlk", &dtlk_fops); - if (dtlk_major == 0) { + if (dtlk_major < 0) { printk(KERN_ERR "DoubleTalk PC - cannot register device\n"); - return 0; + return -EBUSY; + } + err = dtlk_dev_probe(); + if (err) { + unregister_chrdev(dtlk_major, "dtlk"); + return err; } - if (dtlk_dev_probe() == 0) - printk(", MAJOR %d\n", dtlk_major); + printk(", MAJOR %d\n", dtlk_major); init_waitqueue_head(&dtlk_process_list); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/