linux-kernel - [Patch 1/7] driver core fixes: make_class

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Date:	Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:35:05 +0100
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	Greg K-H <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [Patch 1/7] driver core fixes: make_class_name() retval checks

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

Make make_class_name() return NULL on error and fixup callers in the
driver core.

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

---

 drivers/base/class.c |   21 ++++++++++++++-------
 drivers/base/core.c  |   17 +++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6-CH.orig/drivers/base/class.c
+++ linux-2.6-CH/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ char *make_class_name(const char *name, 
 
 	class_name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!class_name)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return NULL;
 
 	strcpy(class_name, name);
 	strcat(class_name, ":");
@@ -409,8 +409,11 @@ static int make_deprecated_class_device_
 		return 0;
 
 	class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name, &class_dev->kobj);
-	error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, &class_dev->kobj,
-				  class_name);
+	if (class_name)
+		error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj,
+					  &class_dev->kobj, class_name);
+	else
+		error = -ENOMEM;
 	kfree(class_name);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -423,7 +426,8 @@ static void remove_deprecated_class_devi
 		return;
 
 	class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name, &class_dev->kobj);
-	sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
+	if (class_name)
+		sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
 	kfree(class_name);
 }
 #else
@@ -861,9 +865,12 @@ int class_device_rename(struct class_dev
 	if (class_dev->dev) {
 		new_class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name,
 						 &class_dev->kobj);
-		sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, &class_dev->kobj,
-				  new_class_name);
-		sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, old_class_name);
+		if (new_class_name)
+			sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj,
+					  &class_dev->kobj, new_class_name);
+		if (old_class_name)
+			sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj,
+						old_class_name);
 	}
 #endif
 	class_device_put(class_dev);
--- linux-2.6-CH.orig/drivers/base/core.c
+++ linux-2.6-CH/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -520,9 +520,13 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 					  &dev->kobj, dev->bus_id);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
 		if (parent) {
-			sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->parent->kobj, "device");
-			class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
-			sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj, &dev->kobj, class_name);
+			sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->parent->kobj,
+							"device");
+			class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name,
+							&dev->kobj);
+			if (class_name)
+				sysfs_create_link(&dev->parent->kobj,
+						  &dev->kobj, class_name);
 		}
 #endif
 	}
@@ -666,7 +670,9 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
 		if (parent) {
 			char *class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name,
 							   &dev->kobj);
-			sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj, class_name);
+			if (class_name)
+				sysfs_remove_link(&dev->parent->kobj,
+						  class_name);
 			kfree(class_name);
 			sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");
 		}
@@ -970,8 +976,7 @@ static int device_move_class_links(struc
 
 	class_name = make_class_name(dev->class->name, &dev->kobj);
 	if (!class_name) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(class_name);
-		class_name = NULL;
+		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (old_parent) {
-
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