linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][CHAR] Return better error codes if drivers/char/raw.c module init fails

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Message-Id: <200608201722.45401.eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>
Date:	Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:22:45 +0200
From:	Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][CHAR] Return better error codes if drivers/char/raw.c module init fails

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:18:30 +0200
>
> Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de> wrote:
> > Currently this module just returns 1 if anything on module init fails.
> > Store the error code of the different function calls and return their
> > error on problems.
> >
> > I'm not sure if this doesn't need even more cleanup, for example
> > kobj_put() is called only in one error case.
>
> You seem to be using kmail in funky-confuse-sylpheed mode.  Inlined patches
> in plain-text emails are preferred, please.

Sorry, I left the "sign mail" activated by accident. gpg-agent had the 
password still cached, otherwise I would have seen that.

Eike

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