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-rw-r--r--lib/kobject.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 8e7c71993487..1699eb9161f3 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ static struct kobj_type dir_ktype = {
struct kobject *kobject_add_dir(struct kobject *parent, const char *name)
{
struct kobject *k;
+ int ret;
if (!parent)
return NULL;
@@ -418,7 +419,13 @@ struct kobject *kobject_add_dir(struct kobject *parent, const char *name)
k->parent = parent;
k->ktype = &dir_ktype;
kobject_set_name(k, name);
- kobject_register(k);
+ ret = kobject_register(k);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject_add_dir: "
+ "kobject_register error: %d\n", ret);
+ kobject_del(k);
+ return NULL;
+ }
return k;
}