alloc_workqueue() can fail and returns NULL in case of OOM. Handle this case and undo class_create(). Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/xillybus/xillybus_core.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/xillybus/xillybus_core.c b/drivers/staging/xillybus/xillybus_core.c index 2ebaf16..b0a6696 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/xillybus/xillybus_core.c +++ b/drivers/staging/xillybus/xillybus_core.c @@ -2318,8 +2318,12 @@ static int __init xillybus_init(void) } xillybus_wq = alloc_workqueue(xillyname, 0, 0); + if (!xillybus_wq) { + class_destroy(xillybus_class); + rc = -ENOMEM; + } - return 0; /* Success */ + return rc; } static void __exit xillybus_exit(void) -- 1.8.1.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel