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

From: Alexey Khoroshilov
Date: Sun Mar 02 2014 - 16:08:58 EST


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@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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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