[PATCH] kernel/params: driver layer error checking

Check driver layer return values in kernel/params.c

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 91aea7a..63d432d 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ static void __init kernel_param_sysfs_setup(const char *name,
                                            unsigned int name_skip)
 {
        struct module_kobject *mk;
+       int ret;
 
        mk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct module_kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
        BUG_ON(!mk);
@@ -554,7 +555,8 @@ static void __init kernel_param_sysfs_setup(const char *name,
        mk->mod = THIS_MODULE;
        kobj_set_kset_s(mk, module_subsys);
        kobject_set_name(&mk->kobj, name);
-       kobject_register(&mk->kobj);
+       ret = kobject_register(&mk->kobj);
+       BUG_ON(ret < 0);
 
        /* no need to keep the kobject if no parameter is exported */
        if (!param_sysfs_setup(mk, kparam, num_params, name_skip)) {
@@ -684,7 +686,14 @@ decl_subsys(module, &module_ktype, NULL);
  */
 static int __init param_sysfs_init(void)
 {
-       subsystem_register(&module_subsys);
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = subsystem_register(&module_subsys);
+       if (ret < 0) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "%s (%d): subsystem_register error: %d\n",
+                       __FILE__, __LINE__, ret);
+               return ret;
+       }
 
        param_sysfs_builtin();