Subject: Driver core: fix error handling in device_bind_driver()
From: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>
When link creation fails we not only need to signal error
but also remove device from driver's list of bound devices.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>
---
drivers/base/dd.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
Index: work/drivers/base/dd.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ work/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
*/
int device_bind_driver(struct device *dev)
{
- int ret;
+ int error;
if (klist_node_attached(&dev->knode_driver)) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: device %s already bound\n",
@@ -52,16 +52,23 @@ int device_bind_driver(struct device *de
pr_debug("bound device '%s' to driver '%s'\n",
dev->bus_id, dev->driver->name);
klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_driver, &dev->driver->klist_devices);
- ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->driver->kobj, &dev->kobj,
- kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
- if (ret == 0) {
- ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->driver->kobj,
- "driver");
- if (ret)
- sysfs_remove_link(&dev->driver->kobj,
- kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
- }
- return ret;
+ error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->driver->kobj, &dev->kobj,
+ kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
+ if (error)
+ goto err_remove_list;
+
+ error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->driver->kobj,
+ "driver");
+ if (error)
+ goto err_remove_link;
+
+ return 0;
+
+ err_remove_link:
+ sysfs_remove_link(&dev->driver->kobj, kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
+ err_remove_list:
+ klist_remove(&dev->knode_driver);
+ return error;
}
struct stupid_thread_structure {
-
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