Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6

* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: (47 commits)
  Driver core: Don't call put methods while holding a spinlock
  Driver core: Remove unneeded routines from driver core
  Driver core: Fix potential deadlock in driver core
  PCI: enable driver multi-threaded probe
  Driver Core: add ability for drivers to do a threaded probe
  sysfs: add proper sysfs_init() prototype
  drivers/base: check errors
  drivers/base: Platform notify needs to occur before drivers attach to the device
  v4l-dev2: handle __must_check
  add CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK
  add __must_check to device management code
  Driver core: fixed add_bind_files() definition
  Driver core: fix comments in drivers/base/power/resume.c
  sysfs_remove_bin_file: no return value, dump_stack on error
  kobject: must_check fixes
  Driver core: add ability for devices to create and remove bin files
  Class: add support for class interfaces for devices
  Driver core: create devices/virtual/ tree
  Driver core: add device_rename function
  Driver core: add ability for classes to handle devices properly
  ...

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 8e7c7199348..1699eb9161f 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ static struct kobj_type dir_ktype = {
 struct kobject *kobject_add_dir(struct kobject *parent, const char *name)
 {
 	struct kobject *k;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!parent)
 		return NULL;
@@ -418,7 +419,13 @@ struct kobject *kobject_add_dir(struct kobject *parent, const char *name)
 	k->parent = parent;
 	k->ktype = &dir_ktype;
 	kobject_set_name(k, name);
-	kobject_register(k);
+	ret = kobject_register(k);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject_add_dir: "
+			"kobject_register error: %d\n", ret);
+		kobject_del(k);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	return k;
 }