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SubjectRe: [PATCH] driver core: fix device_create() error path
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Hi Greg

Ping?

Thanks
David

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 8:15 PM, David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com> wrote:
> We call put_device() in the error path, which is fine for dev==NULL.
> However, in case kobject_set_name_vargs() fails, we have dev!=NULL but
> device_initialized() wasn't called, yet.
>
> Fix this by splitting device_register() into explicit calls to
> device_add() and an early call to device_initialize().
>
> Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/base/core.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 34abf4d..4be8911 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -1676,6 +1676,7 @@ device_create_groups_vargs(struct class *class, struct device *parent,
> goto error;
> }
>
> + device_initialize(dev);
> dev->devt = devt;
> dev->class = class;
> dev->parent = parent;
> @@ -1687,7 +1688,7 @@ device_create_groups_vargs(struct class *class, struct device *parent,
> if (retval)
> goto error;
>
> - retval = device_register(dev);
> + retval = device_add(dev);
> if (retval)
> goto error;
>
> --
> 1.8.4.2
>


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