summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/block/genhd.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'block/genhd.c')
-rw-r--r--block/genhd.c19
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index febaaa55125a..c5392cc24d37 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -213,7 +213,10 @@ void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *seqf, off_t offset)
* @major: the requested major device number [1..BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1]. If
* @major = 0, try to allocate any unused major number.
* @name: the name of the new block device as a zero terminated string
- * @probe: allback that is called on access to any minor number of @major
+ * @probe: pre-devtmpfs / pre-udev callback used to create disks when their
+ * pre-created device node is accessed. When a probe call uses
+ * add_disk() and it fails the driver must cleanup resources. This
+ * interface may soon be removed.
*
* The @name must be unique within the system.
*
@@ -391,8 +394,8 @@ static void disk_scan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk)
* This function registers the partitioning information in @disk
* with the kernel.
*/
-int device_add_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
- const struct attribute_group **groups)
+int __must_check device_add_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
+ const struct attribute_group **groups)
{
struct device *ddev = disk_to_dev(disk);
@@ -469,11 +472,15 @@ int device_add_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
disk->part0->bd_holder_dir =
kobject_create_and_add("holders", &ddev->kobj);
- if (!disk->part0->bd_holder_dir)
+ if (!disk->part0->bd_holder_dir) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_del_integrity;
+ }
disk->slave_dir = kobject_create_and_add("slaves", &ddev->kobj);
- if (!disk->slave_dir)
+ if (!disk->slave_dir) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_put_holder_dir;
+ }
ret = bd_register_pending_holders(disk);
if (ret < 0)
@@ -537,7 +544,7 @@ out_disk_release_events:
out_free_ext_minor:
if (disk->major == BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR)
blk_free_ext_minor(disk->first_minor);
- return WARN_ON_ONCE(ret); /* keep until all callers handle errors */
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(device_add_disk);