The patch titled block/genhd.c: check class_register return value has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is block-genhdc-check-class_register-return-value.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: block/genhd.c: check class_register return value From: Leonardo Potenza <lpotenza@xxxxxxxxx> Add a check for the class_register() return value. Signed-off-by: Leonardo Potenza <lpotenza@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- block/genhd.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN block/genhd.c~block-genhdc-check-class_register-return-value block/genhd.c --- a/block/genhd.c~block-genhdc-check-class_register-return-value +++ a/block/genhd.c @@ -358,7 +358,12 @@ static struct kobject *base_probe(dev_t static int __init genhd_device_init(void) { - class_register(&block_class); + int ret; + + ret = class_register(&block_class); + if (ret != 0) + return ret; + bdev_map = kobj_map_init(base_probe, &block_class_lock); blk_dev_init(); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from lpotenza@xxxxxxxxx are block-genhdc-check-class_register-return-value.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