[PATCH] driver core: Fix up the device_attach() error handling in 
bus_add_device()

Don't error out if something "bad" happens when trying to bind a driver to a
device.  We want the sysfs attributes to be present for later when we try to
tear down the device.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---
commit d377e85b537a5e166272f937da6ba84350676b6e
tree f3e5f347cbaa72a1479d991f7cab83228dd44bf0
parent 479f6ea85e513551510ad52f37e69e1c596ad356
author Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:09:05 -0700
committer Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:01:10 -0700

 drivers/base/bus.c |    5 ++---
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -270,10 +270,9 @@ int bus_add_device(struct device * dev)
 
        if (bus) {
                pr_debug("bus %s: add device %s\n", bus->name, dev->bus_id);
-               error = device_attach(dev);
+               device_attach(dev);
                klist_add_tail(&bus->klist_devices, &dev->knode_bus);
-               if (error >= 0)
-                       error = device_add_attrs(bus, dev);
+               error = device_add_attrs(bus, dev);
                if (!error) {
                        sysfs_create_link(&bus->devices.kobj, &dev->kobj, 
dev->bus_id);
                        sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, 
&dev->bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "bus");



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