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: (28 commits)
  sysfs: Shadow directory support
  Driver Core: Increase the default timeout value of the firmware subsystem
  Driver core: allow to delay the uevent at device creation time
  Driver core: add device_type to struct device
  Driver core: add uevent vars for devices of a class
  SYSFS: Fix missing include of list.h in sysfs.h
  HOWTO: Add a reference to Harbison and Steele
  sysfs: error handling in sysfs, fill_read_buffer()
  kobject: kobject_put cleanup
  sysfs: kobject_put cleanup
  sysfs: suppress lockdep warnings
  Driver core: fix race in sysfs between sysfs_remove_file() and read()/write()
  driver core: Change function call order in device_bind_driver().
  driver core: Don't stop probing on ->probe errors.
  driver core fixes: device_register() retval check in platform.c
  driver core fixes: make_class_name() retval checks
  /sys/modules/*/holders
  USB: add the sysfs driver name to all modules
  SERIO: add the sysfs driver name to all modules
  PCI: add the sysfs driver name to all modules
  ...

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 8bf2ca2e56b5..96def1ddba19 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ char *make_class_name(const char *name, struct kobject *kobj)
 
 	class_name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!class_name)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return NULL;
 
 	strcpy(class_name, name);
 	strcat(class_name, ":");
@@ -411,8 +411,11 @@ static int make_deprecated_class_device_links(struct class_device *class_dev)
 		return 0;
 
 	class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name, &class_dev->kobj);
-	error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, &class_dev->kobj,
-				  class_name);
+	if (class_name)
+		error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj,
+					  &class_dev->kobj, class_name);
+	else
+		error = -ENOMEM;
 	kfree(class_name);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -425,7 +428,8 @@ static void remove_deprecated_class_device_links(struct class_device *class_dev)
 		return;
 
 	class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name, &class_dev->kobj);
-	sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
+	if (class_name)
+		sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, class_name);
 	kfree(class_name);
 }
 #else
@@ -863,9 +867,12 @@ int class_device_rename(struct class_device *class_dev, char *new_name)
 	if (class_dev->dev) {
 		new_class_name = make_class_name(class_dev->class->name,
 						 &class_dev->kobj);
-		sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, &class_dev->kobj,
-				  new_class_name);
-		sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, old_class_name);
+		if (new_class_name)
+			sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj,
+					  &class_dev->kobj, new_class_name);
+		if (old_class_name)
+			sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj,
+						old_class_name);
 	}
 #endif
 	class_device_put(class_dev);