Re: [patch] powerpc: sysfs fix compiler warning
From: Josh Boyer <hidden>
Date: 2007-06-22 19:12:05
On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 23:09 +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
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On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 22:57 +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:quoted
Hello. Josh Boyer wrote:quoted
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From: Christian Krafft <redacted>quoted
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This patch fixes the following compiler warning: arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c:385: warning: ignoring return value of `sysfs_create_group',quoted
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Signed-off-by: Christian Krafft <redacted>quoted
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Index: linux-2.6.22-rc5/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c ===================================================================--- linux-2.6.22-rc5.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c +++ linux-2.6.22-rc5/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c@@ -380,16 +380,23 @@ int cpu_add_sysdev_attr_group(struct att{ int cpu; struct sys_device *sysdev; + int error; mutex_lock(&cpu_mutex); for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) { sysdev = get_cpu_sysdev(cpu); - sysfs_create_group(&sysdev->kobj, attrs); + error |= sysfs_create_group(&sysdev->kobj, attrs);quoted
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Why are you or'ing the return value with whatever is in the uninitialized variable?quoted
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To make it always fail, no doubt. ;-) ISO accumulation error, it makes more sense to start cleanup created groups right after the first creation failure -- although with the callers opf this function ignoring the result anyway, who cares. :-)quoted
I care because he does an if (error) below that. Since error isn't initialized, it could be some random value and or'ing a 0 return code from sysfs_create_group would still trigger the error path.quoted
Plus, it's bogus anyway and should be fixed.You misunderstood: I didn't at all object to fixing the bogosity you've pointed out, just mused about how/if the error cleanup should be done.
Ah, gotcha. Sorry, it's Friday and I shouldn't be here ;) josh