From 0e376b1e3ccedee49cb8cc6b652fbc1e7c15eeef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:04:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: return an error if kset_create_and_add fails in ext4_init_fs() In the very unlikely case that kset_create_and_add() fails when the ext4.ko module is being loaded (or during kernel startup) set err so that it's clear that the module load failed. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27912 Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- fs/ext4/super.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 0423e2e..3ab798d 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -5285,8 +5285,10 @@ static int __init ext4_init_fs(void) if (err) goto out6; ext4_kset = kset_create_and_add("ext4", NULL, fs_kobj); - if (!ext4_kset) + if (!ext4_kset) { + err = -ENOMEM; goto out5; + } ext4_proc_root = proc_mkdir("fs/ext4", NULL); err = ext4_init_feat_adverts(); -- 2.7.4