From: Leonardo Potenza Add a check for the class_register() return value. Signed-off-by: Leonardo Potenza Cc: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- block/genhd.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN block/genhd.c~block-genhdc-check-class_register-return-value block/genhd.c --- a/block/genhd.c~block-genhdc-check-class_register-return-value +++ a/block/genhd.c @@ -360,7 +360,12 @@ static struct kobject *base_probe(dev_t static int __init genhd_device_init(void) { - class_register(&block_class); + int ret; + + ret = class_register(&block_class); + if (ret != 0) + return ret; + bdev_map = kobj_map_init(base_probe, &block_class_lock); blk_dev_init(); _