Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934766Ab1ETALq (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 May 2011 20:11:46 -0400 Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:40342 "EHLO out2.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934715Ab1ETALn (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 May 2011 20:11:43 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: gyKnBe3HnkSClE1FP5OmwHUbKpK7ifgI8n4ApVOc7vyM 1305850302 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: =?UTF-8?q?Uwe=20Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= , Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: [PATCH 22/44] driver core: let dev_set_drvdata return int instead of void as it can fail Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 17:10:40 -0700 Message-Id: <1305850262-9575-22-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.2 In-Reply-To: <1305850262-9575-1-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de> References: <20110520000821.GA9367@kroah.com> <1305850262-9575-1-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1990 Lines: 63 From: Uwe Kleine-König Before commit b402843 (Driver core: move dev_get/set_drvdata to drivers/base/dd.c) calling dev_set_drvdata with dev=NULL was an unchecked error. After some discussion about what to return in this case removing the check (and so producing a null pointer exception) seems fine. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/dd.c | 7 +++---- include/linux/device.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c index 7e9219b..e3a3eff 100644 --- a/drivers/base/dd.c +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c @@ -413,17 +413,16 @@ void *dev_get_drvdata(const struct device *dev) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_drvdata); -void dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data) +int dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data) { int error; - if (!dev) - return; if (!dev->p) { error = device_private_init(dev); if (error) - return; + return error; } dev->p->driver_data = data; + return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_drvdata); diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h index 350ceda..2215d01 100644 --- a/include/linux/device.h +++ b/include/linux/device.h @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ extern int device_move(struct device *dev, struct device *new_parent, extern const char *device_get_devnode(struct device *dev, mode_t *mode, const char **tmp); extern void *dev_get_drvdata(const struct device *dev); -extern void dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data); +extern int dev_set_drvdata(struct device *dev, void *data); /* * Root device objects for grouping under /sys/devices -- 1.7.4.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/