From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 02:49:31 +0000 (+1100)
Subject: [POWERPC] cell: catch errors from sysfs_create_group()
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.25-rc1~1131^2~275^2
X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1e7710390f95b7efb3f74fd2f8b5fc28656b458c;p=linux-2.6

[POWERPC] cell: catch errors from sysfs_create_group()

We're currently getting a warning from not checking the result of
sysfs_create_group, which is declared as __must_check.

This change introduces appropriate error-handling for
spu_add_sysdev_attr_group()

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
index ee37e0e39b..f73263ba98 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
@@ -574,13 +574,27 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spu_add_sysdev_attr);
 int spu_add_sysdev_attr_group(struct attribute_group *attrs)
 {
 	struct spu *spu;
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&spu_full_list_mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry(spu, &spu_full_list, full_list)
-		sysfs_create_group(&spu->sysdev.kobj, attrs);
+	list_for_each_entry(spu, &spu_full_list, full_list) {
+		rc = sysfs_create_group(&spu->sysdev.kobj, attrs);
+
+		/* we're in trouble here, but try unwinding anyway */
+		if (rc) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: can't create sysfs group '%s'\n",
+					__func__, attrs->name);
+
+			list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(spu,
+					&spu_full_list, full_list)
+				sysfs_remove_group(&spu->sysdev.kobj, attrs);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	mutex_unlock(&spu_full_list_mutex);
 
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spu_add_sysdev_attr_group);