mtd: propagate error codes from add_mtd_device()

It makes more sense to return error statuses, not 1/0.

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index f3ca97f..8bbbb75 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -379,8 +379,7 @@ static int mtd_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *n, unsigned long state,
  *
  *     Add a device to the list of MTD devices present in the system, and
  *     notify each currently active MTD 'user' of its arrival. Returns
- *     zero on success or 1 on failure, which currently will only happen
- *     if there is insufficient memory or a sysfs error.
+ *     zero on success or non-zero on failure.
  */
 
 int add_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
@@ -394,8 +393,10 @@ int add_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
        mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);
 
        i = idr_alloc(&mtd_idr, mtd, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (i < 0)
+       if (i < 0) {
+               error = i;
                goto fail_locked;
+       }
 
        mtd->index = i;
        mtd->usecount = 0;
@@ -424,6 +425,8 @@ int add_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
                        printk(KERN_WARNING
                               "%s: unlock failed, writes may not work\n",
                               mtd->name);
+               /* Ignore unlock failures? */
+               error = 0;
        }
 
        /* Caller should have set dev.parent to match the
@@ -434,7 +437,8 @@ int add_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
        mtd->dev.devt = MTD_DEVT(i);
        dev_set_name(&mtd->dev, "mtd%d", i);
        dev_set_drvdata(&mtd->dev, mtd);
-       if (device_register(&mtd->dev) != 0)
+       error = device_register(&mtd->dev);
+       if (error)
                goto fail_added;
 
        device_create(&mtd_class, mtd->dev.parent, MTD_DEVT(i) + 1, NULL,
@@ -458,7 +462,7 @@ fail_added:
        idr_remove(&mtd_idr, i);
 fail_locked:
        mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
-       return 1;
+       return error;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -514,8 +518,8 @@ static int mtd_add_device_partitions(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 
        if (nbparts == 0 || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER)) {
                ret = add_mtd_device(mtd);
-               if (ret == 1)
-                       return -ENODEV;
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
        }
 
        if (nbparts > 0) {