linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] usb: sierra: fix a missing check of device_create

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Date:   Sun, 24 Mar 2019 22:08:28 -0500
From:   Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
To:     kjlu@....edu
Cc:     pakki001@....edu, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, usb-storage@...ts.one-eyed-alien.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] usb: sierra: fix a missing check of device_create_file

device_create_file() could fail and return an error code. The fix
captures the error and returns the error code upstream in case it
indeed failed.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
---
 drivers/usb/storage/sierra_ms.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/sierra_ms.c b/drivers/usb/storage/sierra_ms.c
index 6ac60abd2e15..e605cbc3d8bf 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/sierra_ms.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/sierra_ms.c
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ int sierra_ms_init(struct us_data *us)
 		kfree(swocInfo);
 	}
 complete:
-	result = device_create_file(&us->pusb_intf->dev, &dev_attr_truinst);
-
-	return 0;
+	return device_create_file(&us->pusb_intf->dev, &dev_attr_truinst);
 }
 
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