[PATCH] bay: Exit if notify handler cannot be installed

From: Holger Macht
Date: Wed May 21 2008 - 06:43:33 EST


If acpi_install_notify_handler() for a bay device fails, the bay driver is
superfluous. Most likely, another driver (like libata) is already caring
about this device anyway. Furthermore,
register_hotplug_dock_device(acpi_handle) from the dock driver must not be
called twice with the same handler. This would result in an endless loop
consuming 100% of CPU. So clean up and exit.

Signed-off-by: Holger Macht <hmacht@xxxxxxx>
---

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bay.c b/drivers/acpi/bay.c
index d2fc941..26038c2 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bay.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bay.c
@@ -301,16 +301,20 @@ static int bay_add(acpi_handle handle, int id)
*/
pdev->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;

- if (acpi_bay_add_fs(new_bay)) {
- platform_device_unregister(new_bay->pdev);
- goto bay_add_err;
- }
-
/* register for events on this device */
status = acpi_install_notify_handler(handle, ACPI_SYSTEM_NOTIFY,
bay_notify, new_bay);
if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
- printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Error installing bay notify handler\n");
+ printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Error installing bay notify handler\n");
+ platform_device_unregister(new_bay->pdev);
+ goto bay_add_err;
+ }
+
+ if (acpi_bay_add_fs(new_bay)) {
+ acpi_remove_notify_handler(handle, ACPI_SYSTEM_NOTIFY,
+ bay_notify);
+ platform_device_unregister(new_bay->pdev);
+ goto bay_add_err;
}

/* if we are on a dock station, we should register for dock

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