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authorRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2013-08-08 16:19:19 +0200
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2013-08-09 00:54:52 +0200
commit464c114717ae221202ebdbd9aa216035b4626f18 (patch)
tree52909cd2cb11e4294e8aa4f2e6f3943a0a0c27de
parent3342c753bdeb29ec29d721c7ce38d283cc969174 (diff)
ACPI: Print diagnostic messages if device links cannot be created
Although the device links created by acpi_bind_one() are not essential from the kernel functionality point of view, user space may be confused when they are missing, so print diagnostic messages to the kernel log if they can't be created. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Acked-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/glue.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/glue.c b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
index f3ead0ce37a..94672297e1b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/glue.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
@@ -252,8 +252,15 @@ int acpi_bind_one(struct device *dev, acpi_handle handle)
acpi_physnode_link_name(physical_node_name, node_id);
retval = sysfs_create_link(&acpi_dev->dev.kobj, &dev->kobj,
physical_node_name);
+ if (retval)
+ dev_err(&acpi_dev->dev, "Failed to create link %s (%d)\n",
+ physical_node_name, retval);
+
retval = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &acpi_dev->dev.kobj,
"firmware_node");
+ if (retval)
+ dev_err(dev, "Failed to create link firmware_node (%d)\n",
+ retval);
mutex_unlock(&acpi_dev->physical_node_lock);