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-rw-r--r--common/globalvar.c7
-rw-r--r--include/param.h4
-rw-r--r--lib/parameter.c8
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/common/globalvar.c b/common/globalvar.c
index 1f9b0cc1ee..c72f147d5f 100644
--- a/common/globalvar.c
+++ b/common/globalvar.c
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ int globalvar_add(const char *name,
const char *(*get)(struct device_d *, struct param_d *p),
unsigned long flags)
{
- return dev_add_param(&global_device, name, set, get, flags);
+ struct param_d *param;
+
+ param = dev_add_param(&global_device, name, set, get, flags);
+ if (IS_ERR(param))
+ return PTR_ERR(param);
+ return 0;
}
/*
diff --git a/include/param.h b/include/param.h
index 9856a2e552..b8dd9b1869 100644
--- a/include/param.h
+++ b/include/param.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const char *dev_get_param(struct device_d *dev, const char *name);
int dev_set_param(struct device_d *dev, const char *name, const char *val);
struct param_d *get_param_by_name(struct device_d *dev, const char *name);
-int dev_add_param(struct device_d *dev, const char *name,
+struct param_d *dev_add_param(struct device_d *dev, const char *name,
int (*set)(struct device_d *dev, struct param_d *p, const char *val),
const char *(*get)(struct device_d *, struct param_d *p),
unsigned long flags);
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static inline struct param_d *get_param_by_name(struct device_d *dev,
return NULL;
}
-static inline int dev_add_param(struct device_d *dev, char *name,
+static inline struct param_d *dev_add_param(struct device_d *dev, char *name,
int (*set)(struct device_d *dev, struct param_d *p, const char *val),
const char *(*get)(struct device_d *, struct param_d *p),
unsigned long flags)
diff --git a/lib/parameter.c b/lib/parameter.c
index 84a632c34f..d6f8d16a09 100644
--- a/lib/parameter.c
+++ b/lib/parameter.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int __dev_add_param(struct param_d *param, struct device_d *dev, const ch
* expect the parameter value to be a string which can be freed with free(). Do
* not use static arrays when using the generic functions.
*/
-int dev_add_param(struct device_d *dev, const char *name,
+struct param_d *dev_add_param(struct device_d *dev, const char *name,
int (*set)(struct device_d *dev, struct param_d *p, const char *val),
const char *(*get)(struct device_d *dev, struct param_d *param),
unsigned long flags)
@@ -171,10 +171,12 @@ int dev_add_param(struct device_d *dev, const char *name,
param = xzalloc(sizeof(*param));
ret = __dev_add_param(param, dev, name, set, get, flags);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
free(param);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ }
- return ret;
+ return param;
}
/**