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@vectorindia.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 3b95795..c83ef96 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -281,8 +281,9 @@
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 @@
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);