---

yaml
---
r: 22010
b: refs/heads/master
c: dcd0da0
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4f2928d0a439553f0288d9483faf417430629635
+refs/heads/master: dcd0da002122a70fe1c625c0ca9f58c95aa33ebe

trunk/lib/kobject.c

@@ -194,6 +194,17 @@ int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
 		unlink(kobj);
 		if (parent)
 			kobject_put(parent);
+
+		/* be noisy on error issues */
+		if (error == -EEXIST)
+			printk("kobject_add failed for %s with -EEXIST, "
+			       "don't try to register things with the "
+			       "same name in the same directory.\n",
+			       kobject_name(kobj));
+		else
+			printk("kobject_add failed for %s (%d)\n",
+			       kobject_name(kobj), error);
+		dump_stack();
 	}
 
 	return error;
@@ -207,18 +218,13 @@ int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
 
 int kobject_register(struct kobject * kobj)
 {
-	int error = 0;
+	int error = -EINVAL;
 	if (kobj) {
 		kobject_init(kobj);
 		error = kobject_add(kobj);
-		if (error) {
-			printk("kobject_register failed for %s (%d)\n",
-			       kobject_name(kobj),error);
-			dump_stack();
-		} else
+		if (!error)
 			kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
-	} else
-		error = -EINVAL;
+	}
 	return error;
 }