[ldv-project] [PATCH] ide-tape: fix misprint in failure handling in idetape_init()

Alexey Khoroshilov khoroshilov at ispras.ru
Sat Apr 30 01:11:12 MSK 2016


If driver_register() failed there is no sense to call driver_unregister().
unregister_chrdev() should be called here.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov at ispras.ru>
---
 drivers/ide/ide-tape.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 12fa04997dcc..9ecf4e35adcd 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -2052,12 +2052,12 @@ static int __init idetape_init(void)
 
 	error = driver_register(&idetape_driver.gen_driver);
 	if (error)
-		goto out_free_driver;
+		goto out_free_chrdev;
 
 	return 0;
 
-out_free_driver:
-	driver_unregister(&idetape_driver.gen_driver);
+out_free_chrdev:
+	unregister_chrdev(IDETAPE_MAJOR, "ht");
 out_free_class:
 	class_destroy(idetape_sysfs_class);
 out:
-- 
1.9.1




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