[PATCH] kernel/params: driver layer error checking

Check driver layer return values in kernel/params.c

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

kernel/params.c

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 91aea7aa..63d432d 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@
 					    unsigned int name_skip)
 {
 	struct module_kobject *mk;
+	int ret;
 
 	mk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct module_kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
 	BUG_ON(!mk);
@@ -554,7 +555,8 @@
 	mk->mod = THIS_MODULE;
 	kobj_set_kset_s(mk, module_subsys);
 	kobject_set_name(&mk->kobj, name);
-	kobject_register(&mk->kobj);
+	ret = kobject_register(&mk->kobj);
+	BUG_ON(ret < 0);
 
 	/* no need to keep the kobject if no parameter is exported */
 	if (!param_sysfs_setup(mk, kparam, num_params, name_skip)) {
@@ -684,7 +686,14 @@
  */
 static int __init param_sysfs_init(void)
 {
-	subsystem_register(&module_subsys);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = subsystem_register(&module_subsys);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s (%d): subsystem_register error: %d\n",
+			__FILE__, __LINE__, ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	param_sysfs_builtin();