linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] char: misc: fix error path

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:32:28 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] char: misc: fix error path

Lets call remove_proc_entry() in the error path only if we have
successfully created "misc" in procfs.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
---
 drivers/char/misc.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 3b95795..acedbaf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -281,8 +281,9 @@ static char *misc_devnode(struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
 static int __init misc_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
+	struct proc_dir_entry *ret;
 
-	proc_create("misc", 0, NULL, &misc_proc_fops);
+	ret = proc_create("misc", 0, NULL, &misc_proc_fops);
 	misc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "misc");
 	err = PTR_ERR(misc_class);
 	if (IS_ERR(misc_class))
@@ -298,7 +299,8 @@ fail_printk:
 	printk("unable to get major %d for misc devices\n", MISC_MAJOR);
 	class_destroy(misc_class);
 fail_remove:
-	remove_proc_entry("misc", NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		remove_proc_entry("misc", NULL);
 	return err;
 }
 subsys_initcall(misc_init);
-- 
1.8.1.2

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