The patch titled
i2c-dev: return correct error code on class_create() failure
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
i2c-dev-return-correct-error-code-on-class_create-failure.patch
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Subject: i2c-dev: return correct error code on class_create() failure
From: Sven Wegener <sven.wegener@xxxxxxxxxxx>
We need to convert the error pointer from class_create(), else we'll
return the successful return code from register_chrdev() on failure.
Signed-off-by: Sven Wegener <sven.wegener@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c~i2c-dev-return-correct-error-code-on-class_create-failure drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c~i2c-dev-return-correct-error-code-on-class_create-failure
+++ a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -583,8 +583,10 @@ static int __init i2c_dev_init(void)
goto out;
i2c_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "i2c-dev");
- if (IS_ERR(i2c_dev_class))
+ if (IS_ERR(i2c_dev_class)) {
+ res = PTR_ERR(i2c_dev_class);
goto out_unreg_chrdev;
+ }
res = i2c_add_driver(&i2cdev_driver);
if (res)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from sven.wegener@xxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
i2c-dev-return-correct-error-code-on-class_create-failure.patch
leds-avoid-needless-strlen-for-attributes.patch
leds-wrap-use-default-on-trigger-for-power-led.patch
leds-fsg-change-order-of-initialization-and-deinitialization.patch
leds-pca955x-add-proper-error-handling-and-fix-bogus-memory-handling.patch
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