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[PATCH] pcmcia: properly handle all errors of register_chrdev 

register_chrdev() can return errors (negative) other then -EBUSY, so check
for any negative error code.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Dominik Brodowski 2005-06-27 16:29:00 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent a9a55243d4
commit 1a8ceafce5
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_ioctl.c
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@ -760,9 +760,9 @@ void __init pcmcia_setup_ioctl(void) {
/* Set up character device for user mode clients */
i = register_chrdev(0, "pcmcia", &ds_fops);
if (i == -EBUSY)
if (i < 0)
printk(KERN_NOTICE "unable to find a free device # for "
"Driver Services\n");
"Driver Services (error=%d)\n", i);
else
major_dev = i;