There is no code to handle an error return in visornic, when it tries to register with visorbus. This patch handles an error return from visorbus_register_visor_driver() by dropping out of initialization. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c index 7b08a89..9d3c1e2 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c +++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c @@ -2131,8 +2131,9 @@ static int visornic_init(void) if (!dev_num_pool) goto cleanup_workqueue; - visorbus_register_visor_driver(&visornic_driver); - return 0; + err = visorbus_register_visor_driver(&visornic_driver); + if (!err) + return 0; cleanup_workqueue: if (visornic_timeout_reset_workqueue) { -- 2.1.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel