[PATCH] propogate errors from misc_register to caller

The patch to check for / in class_device is not enough.
The misc_register function needs to check return value of the things it calls!

drivers/char/misc.c

@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ static struct file_operations misc_fops = {
 int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
 {
 	struct miscdevice *c;
+	struct class_device *class;
+	dev_t dev;
+	int err;
 	
 	down(&misc_sem);
 	list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
@@ -240,19 +243,30 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
 		snprintf(misc->devfs_name, sizeof(misc->devfs_name),
 				"misc/%s", misc->name);
 	}
+	dev = MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor);
 
-	class_simple_device_add(misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor),
-				misc->dev, misc->name);
-	devfs_mk_cdev(MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor),
-			S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP, misc->devfs_name);
+	class = class_simple_device_add(misc_class, dev,
+					misc->dev, misc->name);
+	if (IS_ERR(class)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(class);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = devfs_mk_cdev(dev, S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP, 
+			    misc->devfs_name);
+	if (err) {
+		class_simple_device_remove(dev);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Add it to the front, so that later devices can "override"
 	 * earlier defaults
 	 */
 	list_add(&misc->list, &misc_list);
+ out:
 	up(&misc_sem);
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 /**