The proc entry is not essential for the comedi system as evident by the support for !CONFIG_PROC_FS. So for failure to create, just warn and continue loading. Signed-off-by: Cheah Kok Cheong <thrust73@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c index 99b23b2e..2644dd4 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c @@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ static const struct file_operations comedi_proc_fops = { void __init comedi_proc_init(void) { - proc_create("comedi", 0444, NULL, &comedi_proc_fops); + if (!proc_create("comedi", 0444, NULL, &comedi_proc_fops)) + pr_warn("comedi: unable to create proc entry\n"); } void comedi_proc_cleanup(void) -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel