The patch titled tpm: fix error handling has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is tpm-fix-error-handling.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: tpm: fix error handling From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> - handle sysfs error - handle driver model errors - de-obfuscate platform_device_register_simple() call, which included an assignment in between two function calls, in the same C statement. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c | 9 ++++++++- drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c | 10 +++++----- drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c | 6 ++++-- 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c~tpm-fix-error-handling drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c~tpm-fix-error-handling +++ a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c @@ -1153,7 +1153,14 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(s spin_unlock(&driver_lock); - sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, chip->vendor.attr_group); + if (sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, chip->vendor.attr_group)) { + list_del(&chip->list); + put_device(dev); + clear_bit(chip->dev_num, dev_mask); + kfree(chip); + kfree(devname); + return NULL; + } chip->bios_dir = tpm_bios_log_setup(devname); diff -puN drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c~tpm-fix-error-handling drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c~tpm-fix-error-handling +++ a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c @@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ static int __init init_atmel(void) unsigned long base; struct tpm_chip *chip; - driver_register(&atml_drv); + rc = driver_register(&atml_drv); + if (rc) + return rc; if ((iobase = atmel_get_base_addr(&base, ®ion_size)) == NULL) { rc = -ENODEV; @@ -195,10 +197,8 @@ static int __init init_atmel(void) (atmel_request_region (tpm_atmel.base, region_size, "tpm_atmel0") == NULL) ? 0 : 1; - - if (IS_ERR - (pdev = - platform_device_register_simple("tpm_atmel", -1, NULL, 0))) { + pdev = platform_device_register_simple("tpm_atmel", -1, NULL, 0); + if (IS_ERR(pdev)) { rc = PTR_ERR(pdev); goto err_rel_reg; } diff -puN drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c~tpm-fix-error-handling drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c~tpm-fix-error-handling +++ a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static struct device_driver nsc_drv = { static int __init init_nsc(void) { int rc = 0; - int lo, hi; + int lo, hi, err; int nscAddrBase = TPM_ADDR; struct tpm_chip *chip; unsigned long base; @@ -297,7 +297,9 @@ static int __init init_nsc(void) return -ENODEV; } - driver_register(&nsc_drv); + err = driver_register(&nsc_drv); + if (err) + return err; hi = tpm_read_index(nscAddrBase, TPM_NSC_BASE0_HI); lo = tpm_read_index(nscAddrBase, TPM_NSC_BASE0_LO); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jeff@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch fix-up-a-multitude-of-acpi-compiler-warnings-on-x86_64.patch cpufreq-handle-sysfs-errors.patch drm-fix-error-returns-sysfs-error-handling.patch git-dvb.patch drivers-media-video-handle-sysfs-errors.patch i2c-buses-scx200_acb-handle-pci-errors.patch input-handle-sysfs-errors.patch input-drivers-handle-sysfs-errors.patch git-libata-all.patch ata-must-depend-on-block.patch via-pata-controller-xfer-fixes.patch ahci-ati-sb600-sata-support-for-various-modes.patch drivers-mmcmisc-handle-pci-errors-on-resume.patch git-mtd.patch git-netdev-all.patch libphy-dont-do-that.patch update-smc91x-driver-with-arm-versatile-board-info.patch 8139too-force-media-setting-fix.patch tulip-fix-shutdown-dma-irq-race.patch drivers-dma-handle-sysfs-errors.patch atm-firestream-handle-thrown-error.patch wan-pc300-handle-propagate-minor-errors.patch pcmcia-handle-sysfs-pci-errors.patch r8169-driver-corega-support-patch.patch git-pciseg.patch scsi-minor-bug-fixes-and-cleanups.patch mpt-fusion-handle-pci-layer-error-on-resume.patch git-watchdog.patch airo-suspend-fix.patch drivers-led-handle-sysfs-errors.patch i2o-handle-a-few-sysfs-errors.patch fs-partitions-check-add-sysfs-error-handling.patch rtc-fix-printk-of-64-bit-res-on-32-bit-platform.patch i2o-more-error-checking.patch pnp-handle-sysfs-errors.patch isdn-fix-drivers-by-handling-errors-thrown-by-readstat.patch isdn-check-for-userspace-copy-faults.patch atyfb-rivafb-minor-fixes.patch md-conditionalize-some-code.patch git-gccbug.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html