linux-kernel - [PATCH] module: return error when mod_sysfs

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Date:	Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:06:53 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: [PATCH] module: return error when mod_sysfs_init() failed

load_module() returns zero when mod_sysfs_init() fails,
then the module loading will succeed accidentally.

This patch makes load_module() return error correctly in that case.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>

---
 kernel/module.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: 2.6-git/kernel/module.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6-git.orig/kernel/module.c
+++ 2.6-git/kernel/module.c
@@ -1782,7 +1782,8 @@ static struct module *load_module(void _
 	module_unload_init(mod);
 
 	/* Initialize kobject, so we can reference it. */
-	if (mod_sysfs_init(mod) != 0)
+	err = mod_sysfs_init(mod);
+	if (err)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	/* Set up license info based on the info section */
-
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