On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 12:28:31AM +0100, Bruno Prémont wrote:
> Check newly registered backlight_device for error and properly
> return error to parent
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c |    2 ++
>  drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c          |    4 +++-
>  drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c |    4 +++-
>  drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c         |    1 +
>  drivers/video/bf54x-lq043fb.c           |    8 ++++++++
>  drivers/video/bfin-t350mcqb-fb.c        |    8 ++++++++
>  6 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

I think you should split the patch for every driver. Then, every
mantainer may ack only its particular section of the patch.

> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c
> index bfae789..66f6aad 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c
> @@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ static int cmpc_bl_add(struct acpi_device *acpi)
>  
>  	bd = backlight_device_register("cmpc_bl", &acpi->dev,
>  				       acpi->handle, &cmpc_bl_ops);
> +	if (IS_ERR(bd))
> +		return PTR_ERR(bd);
>  	bd->props.max_brightness = 7;
>  	dev_set_drvdata(&acpi->dev, bd);
>  	return 0;
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
> index 5f7cff1..2ffbfcf 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
> @@ -251,8 +251,10 @@ static int __init msi_wmi_init(void)
>  	if (!acpi_video_backlight_support()) {
>  		backlight = backlight_device_register(DRV_NAME,
>  				NULL, NULL, &msi_backlight_ops);
> -		if (IS_ERR(backlight))
> +		if (IS_ERR(backlight)) {
> +			err = PTR_ERR(backlight);
>  			goto err_free_input;
> +		}
>  
>  		backlight->props.max_brightness = ARRAY_SIZE(backlight_map) - 1;
>  		err = bl_get(NULL);
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c
> index 9012d8d..9b17343 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c
> @@ -644,8 +644,10 @@ static int acpi_pcc_hotkey_add(struct acpi_device *device)
>  	/* initialize backlight */
>  	pcc->backlight = backlight_device_register("panasonic", NULL, pcc,
>  						   &pcc_backlight_ops);
> -	if (IS_ERR(pcc->backlight))
> +	if (IS_ERR(pcc->backlight)) {
> +		result = PTR_ERR(pcc->backlight);
>  		goto out_input;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (!acpi_pcc_retrieve_biosdata(pcc, pcc->sinf)) {
>  		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR,
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c b/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c
> index ef79ca2..413f154 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c
> @@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ static int appledisplay_probe(struct usb_interface *iface,
>  						&appledisplay_bl_data);
>  	if (IS_ERR(pdata->bd)) {
>  		dev_err(&iface->dev, "Backlight registration failed\n");
> +		retval = PTR_ERR(pdata->bd);
>  		goto error;
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/video/bf54x-lq043fb.c b/drivers/video/bf54x-lq043fb.c
> index db4e6f7..a589216 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/bf54x-lq043fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/bf54x-lq043fb.c
> @@ -678,6 +678,12 @@ static int __devinit bfin_bf54x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	bl_dev =
>  	    backlight_device_register("bf54x-bl", NULL, NULL,
>  				      &bfin_lq043fb_bl_ops);
> +	if (IS_ERR(bl_dev)) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR DRIVER_NAME
> +		       ": unable to register backlight.\n");
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out9;
> +	}
>  	bl_dev->props.max_brightness = 255;
>  
>  	lcd_dev = lcd_device_register(DRIVER_NAME, &pdev->dev, NULL, &bfin_lcd_ops);
> @@ -686,6 +692,8 @@ static int __devinit bfin_bf54x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  
> +out9:
> +	unregister_framebuffer(fbinfo);
>  out8:
>  	free_irq(info->irq, info);
>  out7:
> diff --git a/drivers/video/bfin-t350mcqb-fb.c b/drivers/video/bfin-t350mcqb-fb.c
> index bc204c6..fe1492b 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/bfin-t350mcqb-fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/bfin-t350mcqb-fb.c
> @@ -572,6 +572,12 @@ static int __devinit bfin_t350mcqb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	bl_dev =
>  	    backlight_device_register("bf52x-bl", NULL, NULL,
>  				      &bfin_lq043fb_bl_ops);
> +	if (IS_ERR(bl_dev)) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR DRIVER_NAME
> +		       ": unable to register backlight.\n");
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out9;
> +	}
>  	bl_dev->props.max_brightness = 255;
>  
>  	lcd_dev = lcd_device_register(DRIVER_NAME, NULL, &bfin_lcd_ops);
> @@ -580,6 +586,8 @@ static int __devinit bfin_t350mcqb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  
> +out9:
> +	unregister_framebuffer(fbinfo);
>  out8:
>  	free_irq(info->irq, info);
>  out7:
> -- 
> 1.6.4.4
>