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char: misc: Fix improper and inaccurate error code returned by misc_init()
authorZijun Hu <zijun.hu@oss.qualcomm.com>
Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:35:20 +0000 (22:35 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:48:34 +0000 (16:48 +0100)
commit0ef1fe4bc38673db72e39b700b29c50dfcc5a415
tree1ff806c8c75e8501b5f812a1a63d3e972c322231
parent7aecbbdf86d3288576a84df360f96b93ceec7ee2
char: misc: Fix improper and inaccurate error code returned by misc_init()

misc_init() returns -EIO for __register_chrdev() invocation failure, but:

- -EIO is for I/O error normally, but __register_chrdev() does not do I/O.
- -EIO can not cover various error codes returned by __register_chrdev().

Fix by returning error code of __register_chrdev().

Signed-off-by: Zijun Hu <zijun.hu@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250620-fix_mischar-v1-3-6c2716bbf1fa@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/char/misc.c