[PATCH] driver core: show the error number when driver_sysfs_add() fails

From: Kefeng Wang
Date: Tue Jun 04 2019 - 00:12:48 EST


If driver_sysfs_add() fails, kernel shows following message,

really_probe: driver_sysfs_add(portman.0) failed
ppdev: probe of portman.0 failed with error 0

It's better to show the error number like other probe_failed path.

Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/dd.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 0df9b4461766..04ee4e196530 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ static int really_probe(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
goto probe_failed;
}

- if (driver_sysfs_add(dev)) {
+ ret = driver_sysfs_add(dev);
+ if (ret) {
printk(KERN_ERR "%s: driver_sysfs_add(%s) failed\n",
__func__, dev_name(dev));
goto probe_failed;
--
2.20.1