[PATCH] driver core: fix error handling in bus_add_device
The error handling in bus_add_device() and device_attach() is simply
non-existing. This patch propagates any error from device_attach to
the upper layers to allow for a proper recovery.
From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 4eb1952..43722af 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -270,11 +270,14 @@
if (bus) {
pr_debug("bus %s: add device %s\n", bus->name, dev->bus_id);
- device_attach(dev);
+ error = device_attach(dev);
klist_add_tail(&bus->klist_devices, &dev->knode_bus);
- device_add_attrs(bus, dev);
- sysfs_create_link(&bus->devices.kobj, &dev->kobj, dev->bus_id);
- sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "bus");
+ if (error >= 0)
+ error = device_add_attrs(bus, dev);
+ if (!error) {
+ sysfs_create_link(&bus->devices.kobj, &dev->kobj, dev->bus_id);
+ sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "bus");
+ }
}
return error;
}
@@ -394,7 +397,7 @@
{
int *count = data;
- if (!dev->driver && device_attach(dev))
+ if (!dev->driver && (device_attach(dev) > 0))
(*count)++;
return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index eab2030..6db3a78 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@
* driver_probe_device() for each pair. If a compatible
* pair is found, break out and return.
*
- * Returns 1 if the device was bound to a driver; 0 otherwise.
+ * Returns 1 if the device was bound to a driver;
+ * 0 if no matching device was found; error code otherwise.
*/
int device_attach(struct device * dev)
{