[PATCH] init/do_mounts: Add create_dev() failure log

From: Vishnu Pratap Singh
Date: Mon May 25 2015 - 09:52:13 EST


if create_dev() function fails to create the root mount device (/dev/root),
then it goes to panic as root device not found but there is no check/log
present in case of failure, So i have added the log in case it fails to create
the root device. It will help in debugging.

Signed-off-by: Vishnu Pratap Singh <vishnu.ps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/do_mounts.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 8369ffa..a68aaf6 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ void __init mount_root(void)
}
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
- create_dev("/dev/root", ROOT_DEV);
+ if(create_dev("/dev/root", ROOT_DEV) < 0)
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to create %s device !!\n", "/dev/root");
mount_block_root("/dev/root", root_mountflags);
#endif
}
--
1.7.9.5

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