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SubjectRe: [Patch 3/7] driver core fixes: device_register() retval check in platform.c
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 10:35:08AM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
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> Check the return value of device_register() in platform_bus_init().

I still say this is absolutely crazy. If a bus does not get registered,
what happens to all the devices and drivers which are registered against
that bus?

I suspect that if this bus_register doesn't work, you'll see an oops
sooner or later. So it might as well be a BUG_ON here.

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Russell King
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