linux-kernel - [31/38] SCSI: enclosure: fix error path - actually return ERR

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Date:	Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:30:52 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
Subject: [31/38] SCSI: enclosure: fix error path - actually return ERR_PTR() on error

2.6.35-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>

commit a91c1be21704113b023919826c6d531da46656ef upstream.

we also need to clean up and free the cdev.

Reported-by: Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@...ia.com>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/misc/enclosure.c |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/misc/enclosure.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/enclosure.c
@@ -285,8 +285,11 @@ enclosure_component_register(struct encl
 	cdev->groups = enclosure_groups;
 
 	err = device_register(cdev);
-	if (err)
-		ERR_PTR(err);
+	if (err) {
+		ecomp->number = -1;
+		put_device(cdev);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
 
 	return ecomp;
 }


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