Re: [PATCH 9/9] s390/block/xpram: add error handling support for add_disk()

[Luis Chamberlain]

On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 04:06:15PM +0200, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 10:41:05AM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > We never checked for errors on add_disk() as this function
> > returned void. Now that this is fixed, use the shiny new
> > error handling.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/s390/block/xpram.c | 4 +++-
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
> > index ce98fab4d43c..ed3904b6a9c8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
> > +++ b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
> > @@ -371,7 +371,9 @@ static int __init xpram_setup_blkdev(void)
> >  		disk->private_data = &xpram_devices[i];
> >  		sprintf(disk->disk_name, "slram%d", i);
> >  		set_capacity(disk, xpram_sizes[i] << 1);
> > -		add_disk(disk);
> > +		rc = add_disk(disk);
> > +		if (rc)
> > +			goto out;
> 
> Hmm, this is a more or less dead device driver, and I'm wondering if
> we shouldn't remove it instead. But anyway, your patch is not correct:
> 
> - del_gendisk for all registered disks has to be called
> - unregister_blkdev(XPRAM_MAJOR, XPRAM_NAME) is missing as well
> 
> That would be more or or less xpram_exit with parameter.
> 
> You can send a new patch or I can provide a proper one, whatever you
> prefer.

You are more familiar with the code so it would be great if you can send
a patch replacement and I will drop mine. I have quite a bit of other
conversions to deal with.

 Luis