linux-kernel - Re: [patch] PCI: check the return value of device_create_bin_file() in pci_create

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Message-ID: <20080806131900.GI2055@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:19:01 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Cc:	Sven Wegener <sven.wegener@...aler.net>,
	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] PCI: check the return value of device_create_bin_file() in pci_create_bus()

On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 10:57:21AM +1000, Simon Horman wrote:
> Check the return value of device_create_bin_file in pci_create_bus and
> unwind if necessary. Don't propagate error to caller, as failure to create
> these files shouldn't prevent PCI from being initialised.

Much better ... one nit though:

>  static void pci_create_legacy_files(struct pci_bus *b)
>  {
[...]
> +
> +	return 0;

I'm sure the compiler warns about that.

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