linux-kernel - [PATCH 13/14] ppdev: return proper error values from attach

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Message-Id: <1428492040-5581-14-git-send-email-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed,  8 Apr 2015 16:50:39 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...allels.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Willy Tarreau <willy@...a-x.org>,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 13/14] ppdev: return proper error values from attach

now that we are monitoring the return value from attach, make the
required changes to return proper value from its attach function.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
---
 drivers/char/ppdev.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index ae0b42b..14374d7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -748,10 +748,14 @@ static const struct file_operations pp_fops = {
 	.release	= pp_release,
 };
 
-static void pp_attach(struct parport *port)
+static int pp_attach(struct parport *port)
 {
-	device_create(ppdev_class, port->dev, MKDEV(PP_MAJOR, port->number),
-		      NULL, "parport%d", port->number);
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	dev = device_create(ppdev_class, port->dev,
+			    MKDEV(PP_MAJOR, port->number), NULL,
+			    "parport%d", port->number);
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dev);
 }
 
 static void pp_detach(struct parport *port)
-- 
1.8.1.2

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