I just fixed this same bug in arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c and took a quick look for other similar errors in the kernel.
modalias_show() should return an empty string on error, not errno. Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <[email protected]> Cc: Matthew Garrett <[email protected]> --- drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c index 601ea95..6170b64 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c @@ -686,8 +686,10 @@ static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, struct wmi_block *wblock; wblock = dev_get_drvdata(dev); - if (!wblock) - return -ENOMEM; + if (!wblock) { + strcat(buf, "\n"); + return strlen(buf); + } wmi_gtoa(wblock->gblock.guid, guid_string); -- 1.7.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe platform-driver-x86" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
