Re: [patch 4/6] ACPI processor: extract return values using PTR_ERR

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On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 10:54 +0530, Thomas, Sujith wrote:
> From: Thomas Sujith <sujith.thomas@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 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 <sujith.thomas@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  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;
> +	}
Very good. But is it necessary to check whether the cooling device
exists before it is unregistered? 

>  
>  	if (pr->flags.throttling) {
>  		printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "%s [%s] (supports",

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