[PATCH v2] driver core: let dev_set_drvdata return int instead of void as it can fail
Uwe Kleine-König
u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de
Mon Apr 11 14:42:58 EDT 2011
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 <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
---
Hello,
@Viresh: as I didn't choose to return -EINVAL I didn't add your Reviewed-by:
Best regards
Uwe
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 da57ee9..f9d69d7 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -408,17 +408,16 @@ 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 ab8dfc0..e5e07eb 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
--
1.7.2.3
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