[PATCH 1/2] char: add WARN_ON() in misc_deregister()
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From: Akinobu Mita on 29 May 2010 00:40 misc_deregister() returns an error only when it attempts to unregister the device that is not registered. This is the driver's bug. Most of the drivers don't check the return value of misc_deregister(). (It is not bad thing because most of kernel *_unregister() API always succeed and do not return value) So it is better to indicate the error by WARN_ON() in misc_deregister(). Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/char/misc.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c index cd650ca..abdafd4 100644 --- a/drivers/char/misc.c +++ b/drivers/char/misc.c @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc) { int i = DYNAMIC_MINORS - misc->minor - 1; - if (list_empty(&misc->list)) + if (WARN_ON(list_empty(&misc->list))) return -EINVAL; mutex_lock(&misc_mtx); -- 1.6.0.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |