Return proper error instead of 0 if misc_register fails Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c index 2cce856..529085b 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c @@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ static int __devinit nuc900wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) setup_timer(&nuc900_wdt->timer, nuc900_wdt_timer_ping, 0); - if (misc_register(&nuc900wdt_miscdev)) { + ret = misc_register(&nuc900wdt_miscdev); + if (ret) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "err register miscdev on minor=%d (%d)\n", WATCHDOG_MINOR, ret); goto err_clk; -- 1.7.5.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html