linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Driver core: Fix device_add

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Date:	Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:13:33 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Driver core: Fix device_add_attrs() error code path

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 06:11:02AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> 
> If the addition of dev_attr_online fails, device_add_attrs() should
> remove device attribute groups as well as type and class attribute
> groups before returning an error code.  Make that happen.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

Does this need tob e in 3.13-final?  Or can it wait for 3.14-rc1?  The
odds that this file creation would ever fail is _really_ low, right?

thanks,

greg k-h
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