Error handling of parport_register_driver() in ppdev_init()
is broken because it deallocates all resources but still
returns zero.
Currently parport_register_driver() always succeeds.
Nevertheless it is worth to fix the issue.
Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshi...@ispras.ru>
---
drivers/char/ppdev.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index 3fcf80f..d0d824e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -783,7 +783,8 @@ static int __init ppdev_init (void)
err = PTR_ERR(ppdev_class);
goto out_chrdev;
}
- if (parport_register_driver(&pp_driver)) {
+ err = parport_register_driver(&pp_driver);
+ if (err < 0) {
printk (KERN_WARNING CHRDEV ": unable to register with
parport\n");
goto out_class;
}
--
1.7.9.5
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