linux-kernel - Re: [07/12] driver core fixes: bus_add

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Date:	Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:40:22 +0200
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Greg K-H <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [07/12] driver core fixes: bus_add_device() cleanup on error

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:27:02 -0700,
Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

> better to have a separate error return and a no error return

How about this one?

From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>

Correct cleanup in the error path of bus_add_device().

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>

 bus.c |   20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.18-rc6/drivers/base/bus.c	2006-09-14 09:32:16.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc6+CH/drivers/base/bus.c	2006-09-14 09:35:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -372,19 +372,31 @@ int bus_add_device(struct device * dev)
 		pr_debug("bus %s: add device %s\n", bus->name, dev->bus_id);
 		error = device_add_attrs(bus, dev);
 		if (error)
-			goto out;
+			goto out_put;
 		error = sysfs_create_link(&bus->devices.kobj,
 						&dev->kobj, dev->bus_id);
 		if (error)
-			goto out;
+			goto out_id;
 		error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj,
 				&dev->bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "subsystem");
 		if (error)
-			goto out;
+			goto out_subsys;
 		error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj,
 				&dev->bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "bus");
+		if (error)
+			goto out_create;
+		put_bus(dev->bus);
 	}
-out:
+	return 0;
+
+out_create:
+	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
+out_subsys:
+	sysfs_remove_link(&bus->devices.kobj, dev->bus_id);
+out_id:
+	device_remove_attrs(bus, dev);
+out_put:
+	put_bus(dev->bus);
 	return error;
 }
 
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