linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: handle bus_attach

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Date:	Mon, 9 Oct 2006 11:32:42 +0200
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	akinobu.mita@...il.com (Akinobu Mita)
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: handle bus_attach_device() failure

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:12:01 +0900,
akinobu.mita@...il.com (Akinobu Mita) wrote:

> This patch handles bus_attach_device() failure in device_add().
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
> 
>  drivers/base/core.c |   22 ++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: 2.6-mm/drivers/base/core.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6-mm.orig/drivers/base/core.c	2006-10-03 22:58:40.000000000 +0900
> +++ 2.6-mm/drivers/base/core.c	2006-10-09 16:57:52.000000000 +0900
> @@ -530,7 +530,9 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
>  	if ((error = bus_add_device(dev)))
>  		goto BusError;
>  	kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
> -	bus_attach_device(dev);
> +	if ((error = bus_attach_device(dev)))
> +		goto BusAttachError;
> +
>  	if (parent)
>  		klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_parent, &parent->klist_children);
>  
> @@ -548,6 +550,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
>   Done:
>  	put_device(dev);
>  	return error;
> + BusAttachError:
> +	bus_remove_device(dev);
>   BusError:
>  	device_pm_remove(dev);
>   PMError:

This won't quite work :)

See also
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=116008235424179&w=2 ff.
for a discussion on it. I'll send an updated patch soon :)

-- 
Cornelia Huck
Linux for zSeries Developer
Tel.: +49-7031-16-4837, Mail: cornelia.huck@...ibm.com
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