linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] leds: triggers: Check return value of kobject_uevent

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:09:20 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@...sung.com>
Cc:     linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        joe@...ches.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] leds: triggers: Check return value of
 kobject_uevent_env()

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 12:52:24PM +0200, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
> Log error message if kobject_uevent_env() fails in led_trigger_set().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@...sung.com>
> ---
> Changes from v1:
> - switched to using dev_err() instead of pr_err()
> Changes from v2:
> - switched to using __func__ instead of explicit function name,
>   to simplify code maintenance
> 
>  drivers/leds/led-triggers.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
> index c7a38d4..431123b 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
> @@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ void led_trigger_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, struct led_trigger *trig)
>  	if (event) {
>  		envp[0] = event;
>  		envp[1] = NULL;
> -		kobject_uevent_env(&led_cdev->dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
> +		if (kobject_uevent_env(&led_cdev->dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp))
> +			dev_err(led_cdev->dev,
> +				"%s: Error sending uevent\n", __func__);
>  		kfree(event);
>  	}
>  }
> -- 
> 1.9.1


Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>