[PATCH 13/14] ppdev: return proper error values from attach

[Sudip Mukherjee]

now that we are monitoring the return value from attach, make the
required changes to return proper value from its attach function.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/char/ppdev.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index ae0b42b..14374d7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -748,10 +748,14 @@ static const struct file_operations pp_fops = {
 	.release	= pp_release,
 };
 
-static void pp_attach(struct parport *port)
+static int pp_attach(struct parport *port)
 {
-	device_create(ppdev_class, port->dev, MKDEV(PP_MAJOR, port->number),
-		      NULL, "parport%d", port->number);
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	dev = device_create(ppdev_class, port->dev,
+			    MKDEV(PP_MAJOR, port->number), NULL,
+			    "parport%d", port->number);
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dev);
 }
 
 static void pp_detach(struct parport *port)
-- 
1.8.1.2

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