If tuner initialisation failed, the frontend node was not removed. When the frontend was opened, a kernel oops occurred... This is the first step to improve error handling during initialisation. Signed-off-by: Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@xxxxxx> --- drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-cards.c | 1 + drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-core.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++------------ 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-cards.c b/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-cards.c index 5e6b85c..fc93d10 100644 --- a/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-cards.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-cards.c @@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ static int demod_attach_stv0900(struct ngene_channel *chan) 0, chan->dev->card_info->lnb[chan->number])) { printk(KERN_ERR DEVICE_NAME ": No LNBH24 found!\n"); dvb_frontend_detach(chan->fe); + chan->fe = NULL; return -ENODEV; } diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-core.c b/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-core.c index 83fd74e..7ce8737 100644 --- a/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-core.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/ngene/ngene-core.c @@ -1481,23 +1481,32 @@ static int init_channel(struct ngene_channel *chan) if (io & NGENE_IO_TSIN) { chan->fe = NULL; - if (ni->demod_attach[nr]) - ni->demod_attach[nr](chan); + if (ni->demod_attach[nr]) { + ret = ni->demod_attach[nr](chan); + if (ret < 0) + goto err_fe; + } + if (chan->fe && ni->tuner_attach[nr]) { + ret = ni->tuner_attach[nr](chan); + if (ret < 0) + goto err_fe; + } if (chan->fe) { - if (dvb_register_frontend(adapter, chan->fe) < 0) { - if (chan->fe->ops.release) - chan->fe->ops.release(chan->fe); - chan->fe = NULL; - } + if (dvb_register_frontend(adapter, chan->fe) < 0) + goto err_fe; } - if (chan->fe && ni->tuner_attach[nr]) - if (ni->tuner_attach[nr] (chan) < 0) { - printk(KERN_ERR DEVICE_NAME - ": Tuner attach failed on channel %d!\n", - nr); - } } return ret; + +err_fe: + if (chan->fe) { + dvb_frontend_detach(chan->fe); + chan->fe = NULL; + } +/* FIXME: this causes an oops... */ +/* release_channel(chan); */ +/* return ret; */ + return 0; } static int init_channels(struct ngene *dev) -- 1.6.5.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html