linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: check platform_device_register

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Message-Id: <200611271028.39173.david-b@pacbell.net>
Date:	Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:28:38 -0800
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: check platform_device_register_simple() error

On Sunday 26 November 2006 9:09 pm, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> This patch checks the return value of platform_device_register_simple().
> 
> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>

Acked-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>

... thanks, good catch.


> 
> ---
>  drivers/spi/spi_butterfly.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: work-fault-inject/drivers/spi/spi_butterfly.c
> ===================================================================
> --- work-fault-inject.orig/drivers/spi/spi_butterfly.c
> +++ work-fault-inject/drivers/spi/spi_butterfly.c
> @@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ static void butterfly_attach(struct parp
>  	 * setting up a platform device like this is an ugly kluge...
>  	 */
>  	pdev = platform_device_register_simple("butterfly", -1, NULL, 0);
> +	if (IS_ERR(pdev))
> +		return;
>  
>  	master = spi_alloc_master(&pdev->dev, sizeof *pp);
>  	if (!master) {
> 
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