On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 03:41:11AM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote: > The return value of platform_device_register_simple() should be > checked by IS_ERR(). > > This patch also fix misc_register() error case. Because misc_register() > returns error code. > > Cc: Sebastien Bouchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- > drivers/char/tlclk.c | 5 ++--- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > Index: work-fault-inject/drivers/char/tlclk.c > =================================================================== > --- work-fault-inject.orig/drivers/char/tlclk.c > +++ work-fault-inject/drivers/char/tlclk.c > @@ -792,15 +792,14 @@ static int __init tlclk_init(void) > ret = misc_register(&tlclk_miscdev); > if (ret < 0) { > printk(KERN_ERR "tlclk: misc_register returns %d.\n", ret); > - ret = -EBUSY;
results in an non-error return when there this device isn't on the system. * NAK * > goto out3; > } > > tlclk_device = platform_device_register_simple("telco_clock", > -1, NULL, 0); > - if (!tlclk_device) { > + if (IS_ERR(tlclk_device)) { ok > printk(KERN_ERR "tlclk: platform_device_register failed.\n"); > - ret = -EBUSY; > + ret = PTR_ERR(tlclk_device); I don't know about this but I could be wrong. Please convince me. > goto out4; > } > > - > 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/ - 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/