The patch titled
ata: fix platform_device_register_simple() error check
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ata-fix-platform_device_register_simple-error-check.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: ata: fix platform_device_register_simple() error check
From: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx>
The return value of platform_device_register_simple() should be checked
by IS_ERR().
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c | 4 +++-
drivers/ata/pata_qdi.c | 4 ++--
drivers/ata/pata_winbond.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c~ata-fix-platform_device_register_simple-error-check drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c~ata-fix-platform_device_register_simple-error-check
+++ a/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
@@ -698,8 +698,10 @@ static __init int legacy_init_one(int po
goto fail_io;
pdev = platform_device_register_simple(DRV_NAME, nr_legacy_host, NULL, 0);
- if (pdev == NULL)
+ if (IS_ERR(pdev)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(pdev);
goto fail_dev;
+ }
if (ht6560a & mask) {
ops = &ht6560a_port_ops;
diff -puN drivers/ata/pata_qdi.c~ata-fix-platform_device_register_simple-error-check drivers/ata/pata_qdi.c
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_qdi.c~ata-fix-platform_device_register_simple-error-check
+++ a/drivers/ata/pata_qdi.c
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ static __init int qdi_init_one(unsigned
*/
pdev = platform_device_register_simple(DRV_NAME, nr_qdi_host, NULL, 0);
- if (pdev == NULL)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (IS_ERR(pdev))
+ return PTR_ERR(pdev);
memset(&ae, 0, sizeof(struct ata_probe_ent));
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ae.node);
diff -puN drivers/ata/pata_winbond.c~ata-fix-platform_device_register_simple-error-check drivers/ata/pata_winbond.c
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_winbond.c~ata-fix-platform_device_register_simple-error-check
+++ a/drivers/ata/pata_winbond.c
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ static __init int winbond_init_one(unsig
*/
pdev = platform_device_register_simple(DRV_NAME, nr_winbond_host, NULL, 0);
- if (pdev == NULL)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (IS_ERR(pdev))
+ return PTR_ERR(pdev);
memset(&ae, 0, sizeof(struct ata_probe_ent));
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ae.node);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
fix-copy_process-error-check.patch
tlclk-fix-platform_device_register_simple-error-check.patch
acpi-fix-single-linked-list-manipulation.patch
acpi-processor-prevent-loading-module-on-failures.patch
drm-fix-return-value-check.patch
git-input.patch
input-make-serio_register_driver-return-error.patch
input-check-serio_register_driver-error.patch
input-check-whether-serio-dirver-registration-is-completed.patch
input-change-to-gfp_kernel-for-serio_register_driver-event-allocation.patch
ata-fix-platform_device_register_simple-error-check.patch
git-mtd.patch
gss_spkm3-fix-error-handling-in-module-init.patch
auth_gss-unregister-gss_domain-when-unloading-module.patch
auth_gss-unregister-gss_domain-when-unloading-module-fix.patch
git-pcmcia.patch
git-watchdog.patch
paride-return-proper-error-code.patch
bit-revese-library.patch
crc32-replace-bitreverse-by-bitrev32.patch
video-use-bitrev8.patch
net-use-bitrev8.patch
net-use-bitrev8-tidy.patch
isdn-hisax-use-bitrev8.patch
atm-ambassador-use-bitrev8.patch
isdn-gigaset-use-bitrev8.patch
isdn-fix-missing-unregister_capi_driver.patch
fault-injection-documentation-and-scripts.patch
fault-injection-capabilities-infrastructure.patch
fault-injection-capabilities-infrastructure-tidy.patch
fault-injection-capabilities-infrastructure-tweaks.patch
fault-injection-capability-for-kmalloc.patch
fault-injection-capability-for-kmalloc-failslab-remove-__gfp_highmem-filtering.patch
fault-injection-capability-for-alloc_pages.patch
fault-injection-capability-for-disk-io.patch
fault-injection-process-filtering-for-fault-injection-capabilities.patch
fault-injection-stacktrace-filtering.patch
fault-injection-stacktrace-filtering-reject-failure-if-any-caller-lies-within-specified-range.patch
fault-injection-Kconfig-cleanup.patch
fault-injection-stacktrace-filtering-kconfig-fix.patch
fault-injection-Kconfig-cleanup-config_fault_injection-help-text.patch
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