linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] staging: most: return proper error

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Date:	Mon,  8 Feb 2016 23:26:46 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Christian Gromm <christian.gromm@...rochip.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] staging: most: return proper error

We were returning ENOMEM on all types of errors. Lets return the actual
error code. At the same time remove the label which became unused as a
result of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
---

v1 failed to apply due to some other changes.

 drivers/staging/most/mostcore/core.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/mostcore/core.c b/drivers/staging/most/mostcore/core.c
index ab4c32d..322ee01 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/most/mostcore/core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/most/mostcore/core.c
@@ -1854,40 +1854,52 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(most_resume_enqueue);
 
 static int __init most_init(void)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	pr_info("init()\n");
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&instance_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&aim_list);
 	ida_init(&mdev_id);
 
-	if (bus_register(&most_bus)) {
+	err = bus_register(&most_bus);
+	if (err) {
 		pr_info("Cannot register most bus\n");
-		goto exit;
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	most_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "most");
 	if (IS_ERR(most_class)) {
 		pr_info("No udev support.\n");
+		err = PTR_ERR(most_class);
 		goto exit_bus;
 	}
-	if (driver_register(&mostcore)) {
+
+	err = driver_register(&mostcore);
+	if (err) {
 		pr_info("Cannot register core driver\n");
 		goto exit_class;
 	}
 
 	class_glue_dir =
 		device_create(most_class, NULL, 0, NULL, "mostcore");
-	if (IS_ERR(class_glue_dir))
+	if (IS_ERR(class_glue_dir)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(class_glue_dir);
 		goto exit_driver;
+	}
 
 	most_aim_kset =
 		kset_create_and_add("aims", NULL, &class_glue_dir->kobj);
-	if (!most_aim_kset)
+	if (!most_aim_kset) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto exit_class_container;
+	}
 
 	most_inst_kset =
 		kset_create_and_add("devices", NULL, &class_glue_dir->kobj);
-	if (!most_inst_kset)
+	if (!most_inst_kset) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto exit_driver_kset;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1901,8 +1913,7 @@ exit_class:
 	class_destroy(most_class);
 exit_bus:
 	bus_unregister(&most_bus);
-exit:
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void __exit most_exit(void)
-- 
1.9.1