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Message-ID: <20100221133528.GB1840@holoscopio.com>
Date:	Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:35:29 -0300
From:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
To:	Bruno Prémont <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Daniel Oliveira Nascimento <don@...t.com.br>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Anisse Astier <anisse@...ier.eu>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>,
	Matt Chen <machen@...ell.com>,
	Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>,
	Martin Lucina <mato@...elna.sk>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>,
	pancho horrillo <pancho@...cho.name>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	Vivek Kutal <vivek.kutal@...ngo.com>,
	Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] backlight: fix missing/incomplete registration
 failure handling

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 12:28:31AM +0100, Bruno Prémont wrote:
> Check newly registered backlight_device for error and properly
> return error to parent
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c |    2 ++
>  drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c          |    4 +++-
>  drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c |    4 +++-
>  drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c         |    1 +
>  drivers/video/bf54x-lq043fb.c           |    8 ++++++++
>  drivers/video/bfin-t350mcqb-fb.c        |    8 ++++++++
>  6 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

I think you should split the patch for every driver. Then, every
mantainer may ack only its particular section of the patch.

> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c
> index bfae789..66f6aad 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c
> @@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ static int cmpc_bl_add(struct acpi_device *acpi)
>  
>  	bd = backlight_device_register("cmpc_bl", &acpi->dev,
>  				       acpi->handle, &cmpc_bl_ops);
> +	if (IS_ERR(bd))
> +		return PTR_ERR(bd);
>  	bd->props.max_brightness = 7;
>  	dev_set_drvdata(&acpi->dev, bd);
>  	return 0;
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
> index 5f7cff1..2ffbfcf 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
> @@ -251,8 +251,10 @@ static int __init msi_wmi_init(void)
>  	if (!acpi_video_backlight_support()) {
>  		backlight = backlight_device_register(DRV_NAME,
>  				NULL, NULL, &msi_backlight_ops);
> -		if (IS_ERR(backlight))
> +		if (IS_ERR(backlight)) {
> +			err = PTR_ERR(backlight);
>  			goto err_free_input;
> +		}
>  
>  		backlight->props.max_brightness = ARRAY_SIZE(backlight_map) - 1;
>  		err = bl_get(NULL);
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c
> index 9012d8d..9b17343 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c
> @@ -644,8 +644,10 @@ static int acpi_pcc_hotkey_add(struct acpi_device *device)
>  	/* initialize backlight */
>  	pcc->backlight = backlight_device_register("panasonic", NULL, pcc,
>  						   &pcc_backlight_ops);
> -	if (IS_ERR(pcc->backlight))
> +	if (IS_ERR(pcc->backlight)) {
> +		result = PTR_ERR(pcc->backlight);
>  		goto out_input;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (!acpi_pcc_retrieve_biosdata(pcc, pcc->sinf)) {
>  		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR,
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c b/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c
> index ef79ca2..413f154 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c
> @@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ static int appledisplay_probe(struct usb_interface *iface,
>  						&appledisplay_bl_data);
>  	if (IS_ERR(pdata->bd)) {
>  		dev_err(&iface->dev, "Backlight registration failed\n");
> +		retval = PTR_ERR(pdata->bd);
>  		goto error;
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/video/bf54x-lq043fb.c b/drivers/video/bf54x-lq043fb.c
> index db4e6f7..a589216 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/bf54x-lq043fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/bf54x-lq043fb.c
> @@ -678,6 +678,12 @@ static int __devinit bfin_bf54x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	bl_dev =
>  	    backlight_device_register("bf54x-bl", NULL, NULL,
>  				      &bfin_lq043fb_bl_ops);
> +	if (IS_ERR(bl_dev)) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR DRIVER_NAME
> +		       ": unable to register backlight.\n");
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out9;
> +	}
>  	bl_dev->props.max_brightness = 255;
>  
>  	lcd_dev = lcd_device_register(DRIVER_NAME, &pdev->dev, NULL, &bfin_lcd_ops);
> @@ -686,6 +692,8 @@ static int __devinit bfin_bf54x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  
> +out9:
> +	unregister_framebuffer(fbinfo);
>  out8:
>  	free_irq(info->irq, info);
>  out7:
> diff --git a/drivers/video/bfin-t350mcqb-fb.c b/drivers/video/bfin-t350mcqb-fb.c
> index bc204c6..fe1492b 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/bfin-t350mcqb-fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/bfin-t350mcqb-fb.c
> @@ -572,6 +572,12 @@ static int __devinit bfin_t350mcqb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	bl_dev =
>  	    backlight_device_register("bf52x-bl", NULL, NULL,
>  				      &bfin_lq043fb_bl_ops);
> +	if (IS_ERR(bl_dev)) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR DRIVER_NAME
> +		       ": unable to register backlight.\n");
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out9;
> +	}
>  	bl_dev->props.max_brightness = 255;
>  
>  	lcd_dev = lcd_device_register(DRIVER_NAME, NULL, &bfin_lcd_ops);
> @@ -580,6 +586,8 @@ static int __devinit bfin_t350mcqb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  
> +out9:
> +	unregister_framebuffer(fbinfo);
>  out8:
>  	free_irq(info->irq, info);
>  out7:
> -- 
> 1.6.4.4
> 

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