linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 41/47] drivers/base: check errors

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Date:	Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:23:34 -0400
From:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>,
	"Cornelia Huck" <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 41/47] drivers/base: check errors

On 9/26/06, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
>
> Add lots of return-value checking.
>
> +               if (error)
> +                       goto out;
> +               error = sysfs_create_link(&bus->devices.kobj,
> +                                               &dev->kobj, dev->bus_id);
> +               if (error)
> +                       goto out;
> +               error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj,
> +                               &dev->bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "subsystem");
> +               if (error)
> +                       goto out;
> +               error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj,
> +                               &dev->bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "bus");
>        }
> +out:
>        return error;

What about removing the links that were created if one of these calls fails?

-- 
Dmitry
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