Re: [PATCH] SCSI sd: fix module init/exit error handling

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 05:32:54AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> - Properly handle and unwind errors in init_sd().  Fixes leaks on error,
>   if class_register() or scsi_register_driver() failed.
> 
> - Ensure that exit_sd() execution order is the perfect inverse of
>   initialization order.
> 
> FIXME:  If some-but-not-all register_blkdev() calls fail, we wind up
> calling unregister_blkdev() for block devices we did not register.
> This was a pre-existing bug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>

Ok.

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