The patch titled
kobject: driver layer error checking
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kobject-must_check-fixes.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: kobject: driver layer error checking
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Check driver layer return values in lib/kobject.c
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
lib/kobject.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN lib/kobject.c~kobject-must_check-fixes lib/kobject.c
--- a/lib/kobject.c~kobject-must_check-fixes
+++ a/lib/kobject.c
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ static struct kobj_type dir_ktype = {
struct kobject *kobject_add_dir(struct kobject *parent, const char *name)
{
struct kobject *k;
+ int ret;
if (!parent)
return NULL;
@@ -468,7 +469,13 @@ struct kobject *kobject_add_dir(struct k
k->parent = parent;
k->ktype = &dir_ktype;
kobject_set_name(k, name);
- kobject_register(k);
+ ret = kobject_register(k);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject_add_dir: "
+ "kobject_register error: %d\n", ret);
+ kobject_del(k);
+ return NULL;
+ }
return k;
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
acpi-bus-add-missing-newline.patch
fix-undefined-missing-references-in-isa-miro-sound-driver.patch
sysfs_remove_bin_file-no-return-value-dump_stack-on.patch
pcie-check-and-return-bus_register-errors.patch
pcie-check-and-return-bus_register-errors-fix.patch
pcie-cleanup-on-probe-error.patch
aic7-cleanup-module_parm_desc-strings.patch
dc395x-fix-printk-format-warning.patch
areca-raid-linux-scsi-driver.patch
consistently-use-max_errno-in-__syscall_return.patch
consistently-use-max_errno-in-__syscall_return-fix.patch
eisa-bus-modalias-attributes-support-1.patch
bttv-must_check-fixes.patch
ide-core-must_check-fixes.patch
input-must_check-fixes.patch
kernel-params-must_check-fixes.patch
kobject-must_check-fixes.patch
pcmcia-ds-must_check-fixes.patch
scsi_debug-must_check-fixes.patch
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