unfortunately, if IS_ERR(class_dev) is true, that means class_dev isn't null and the check in the error leg is pointless ... it's also asking for trouble to request unregistration of a device we haven't actually created (although it works currently). Fix by using explicit gotos and unregisters. James diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c index d4fa8cd..1659d63 100644 --- a/block/bsg.c +++ b/block/bsg.c @@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ retry: if (q->kobj.sd) { ret = sysfs_create_link(&q->kobj, &bcd->class_dev->kobj, "bsg"); if (ret) - goto err; + goto err_unregister; } list_add_tail(&bcd->list, &bsg_class_list); @@ -1001,9 +1001,10 @@ retry: mutex_unlock(&bsg_mutex); return 0; + +err_unregister: + class_device_unregister(class_dev); err: - if (class_dev) - class_device_destroy(bsg_class, MKDEV(bsg_major, bcd->minor)); mutex_unlock(&bsg_mutex); return ret; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html