This patch handles blk_register_region() return value. Earlier blk_register_region() function doesn't handle error cases, now it is added, so the callers of this function should also handle it. Verfied on X86 based ubuntu machine. This patch depends on [PATCH 1/8] block/genhd.c: Add error handling Signed-off-by: Vishnu Pratap Singh <vishnu.ps@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ide/ide-probe.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c index 0b63fac..651eb05 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c @@ -917,9 +917,9 @@ static int exact_lock(dev_t dev, void *data) return 0; } -void ide_register_region(struct gendisk *disk) +int ide_register_region(struct gendisk *disk) { - blk_register_region(MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor), + return blk_register_region(MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor), disk->minors, NULL, exact_match, exact_lock, disk); } @@ -988,8 +988,9 @@ static int hwif_init(ide_hwif_t *hwif) goto out; } - blk_register_region(MKDEV(hwif->major, 0), MAX_DRIVES << PARTN_BITS, - THIS_MODULE, ata_probe, ata_lock, hwif); + if (blk_register_region(MKDEV(hwif->major, 0), MAX_DRIVES << PARTN_BITS, + THIS_MODULE, ata_probe, ata_lock, hwif)) + goto out; return 1; out: -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html