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Subject[PATCH] block: add_disk: fix error handling
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This patch brings better error handling to the
add_disk function.
Now it reports success or failure.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
---
block/genhd.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
include/linux/genhd.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 5fa2b44..075e630 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -508,10 +508,8 @@ static int exact_lock(dev_t devt, void *data)
*
* This function registers the partitioning information in @disk
* with the kernel.
- *
- * FIXME: error handling
*/
-void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
+int add_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
{
struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
dev_t devt;
@@ -529,7 +527,7 @@ void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
retval = blk_alloc_devt(&disk->part0, &devt);
if (retval) {
WARN_ON(1);
- return;
+ goto out;
}
disk_to_dev(disk)->devt = devt;

@@ -541,16 +539,38 @@ void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk)

/* Register BDI before referencing it from bdev */
bdi = &disk->queue->backing_dev_info;
- bdi_register_dev(bdi, disk_devt(disk));
+ retval = bdi_register_dev(bdi, disk_devt(disk));
+ if (retval) {
+ WARN_ON(1);
+ goto out_free_devt;
+ }

blk_register_region(disk_devt(disk), disk->minors, NULL,
exact_match, exact_lock, disk);
register_disk(disk);
- blk_register_queue(disk);
+ retval = blk_register_queue(disk);
+ if (retval) {
+ WARN_ON(1);
+ goto out_unregister_bdi;
+ }

retval = sysfs_create_link(&disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj, &bdi->dev->kobj,
"bdi");
- WARN_ON(retval);
+ if (retval) {
+ WARN_ON(1);
+ goto out_unregister_queue;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+
+out_unregister_queue:
+ blk_unregister_queue(disk);
+out_unregister_bdi:
+ bdi_unregister(bdi);
+out_free_devt:
+ blk_free_devt(devt);
+out:
+ return -1;
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_disk);
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 7a7b9c1..4e7ab8e 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static inline void free_part_info(struct hd_struct *part)
extern void part_round_stats(int cpu, struct hd_struct *part);

/* block/genhd.c */
-extern void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk);
+extern int add_disk(struct gendisk *disk);
extern void del_gendisk(struct gendisk *gp);
extern void unlink_gendisk(struct gendisk *gp);
extern struct gendisk *get_gendisk(dev_t dev, int *partno);
--
1.6.6.1


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