linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/60] kobject: return the result of uevent sending by netlink

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Date:	Tue,  6 Jan 2009 14:11:27 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 08/60] kobject: return the result of uevent sending by netlink

From: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>

We need to return the result of uevent sending by netlink
to caller, when uevent_helper is disabled and CONFIG_NET
is defined.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 lib/kobject_uevent.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index ca215bc..318328d 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -225,8 +225,10 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
 			}
 
 			NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 1;
-			netlink_broadcast(uevent_sock, skb, 0, 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-		}
+			retval = netlink_broadcast(uevent_sock, skb, 0, 1,
+						   GFP_KERNEL);
+		} else
+			retval = -ENOMEM;
 	}
 #endif
 
-- 
1.6.0.4

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