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Bug #3312

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134: Error handling for critical functions in probe()

Added by Mikhail Mandrykin over 11 years ago. Updated over 11 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Mikhail Mandrykin

Start date:

07/31/2012

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svn

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Description

There are several "critical" functions that should normally cause probe() to return nonzero value in case of unsuccessful call. Possible examples are dma_set_mask and usb_register_dev.
Sample commit in linux_stable fixing error handling for dma_set_mask: eb9a2a9.