[PATCH] firmware/efivars: handle error

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Acked-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
git-mirror · Oct 11, 2006 · 69b2186 · 69b2186
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commit 69b2186
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diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -639,7 +639,12 @@ efivar_create_sysfs_entry(unsigned long variable_name_size,
 
 	kobject_set_name(&new_efivar->kobj, "%s", short_name);
 	kobj_set_kset_s(new_efivar, vars_subsys);
-	kobject_register(&new_efivar->kobj);
+	i = kobject_register(&new_efivar->kobj);
+	if (i) {
+		kfree(short_name);
+		kfree(new_efivar);
+		return 1;
+	}
 
 	kfree(short_name);
 	short_name = NULL;