[PATCH v2 2/3] drivers/base/class: __class_register(): make error behaviour consistent

[Nicolai Stange]

If a class attribute's sysfs creation fails at the very end of
__class_register(), the kset object already registered for the class itself
is not unregistered again.

This is not consistent with the other possible failures of
__class_register() for which nothing is left over to be manually released
by the caller.

Since class attribute creation does not fail in the real world, the
impact is minimal -- this patch is a cosmetic one.

Make __class_register() follow all-or-nothing semantics, i.e. unregister
the already registered cp->subsys kset object on attribute creation
failure.

Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nicstange@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/base/class.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index c9683cf..fc663d0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ int __class_register(struct class *cls, struct lock_class_key *key)
 	}
 	error = add_class_attrs(class_get(cls));
 	class_put(cls);
+	if (error) {
+		/* as above, clear cp->class on error */
+		cp->class = NULL;
+		cls->p = NULL;
+		kset_put(&cp->subsys);
+	}
 	return error;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__class_register);
-- 
2.6.3

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