[PATCH 2/3] staging: dgap: implement proper error handling in dgap_start()

Alexey Khoroshilov khoroshilov at ispras.ru
Sun Mar 2 21:08:07 UTC 2014


dgap_start() ignored errors in class_create() and device_create().
The patch implements proper error handling.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov at ispras.ru>
---
 drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c b/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
index 5271856..b4157d7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ static int dgap_start(void)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	struct device *device;
 
 	/*
 	 * make sure that the globals are
@@ -582,9 +583,18 @@ static int dgap_start(void)
 		return rc;
 
 	dgap_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "dgap_mgmt");
-	device_create(dgap_class, NULL,
+	if (IS_ERR(dgap_class)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(dgap_class);
+		goto failed_class;
+	}
+
+	device = device_create(dgap_class, NULL,
 		MKDEV(DIGI_DGAP_MAJOR, 0),
 		NULL, "dgap_mgmt");
+	if (IS_ERR(device)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(device);
+		goto failed_device;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Init any global tty stuff.
@@ -592,7 +602,7 @@ static int dgap_start(void)
 	rc = dgap_tty_preinit();
 
 	if (rc < 0)
-		return rc;
+		goto failed_tty;
 
 	/* Start the poller */
 	DGAP_LOCK(dgap_poll_lock, flags);
@@ -608,6 +618,14 @@ static int dgap_start(void)
 	dgap_driver_state = DRIVER_NEED_CONFIG_LOAD;
 
 	return rc;
+
+failed_tty:
+	device_destroy(dgap_class, MKDEV(DIGI_DGAP_MAJOR, 0));
+failed_device:
+	class_destroy(dgap_class);
+failed_class:
+	unregister_chrdev(DIGI_DGAP_MAJOR, "dgap");
+	return rc;
 }
 
 /*
-- 
1.8.3.2



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