3 files changed, 46 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 9cadf0106c6c..dad9c47ebb69 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -623,6 +623,8 @@ static void hwif_release_dev (struct device *dev)
 
 static void hwif_register (ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
+        int ret;
+
         /* register with global device tree */
         strlcpy(hwif->gendev.bus_id,hwif->name,BUS_ID_SIZE);
         hwif->gendev.driver_data = hwif;
@@ -634,7 +636,10 @@ static void hwif_register (ide_hwif_t *hwif)
                         hwif->gendev.parent = NULL;
         }
         hwif->gendev.release = hwif_release_dev;
-        device_register(&hwif->gendev);
+        ret = device_register(&hwif->gendev);
+        if (ret < 0)
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "IDE: %s: device_register error: %d\n",
+                        __FUNCTION__, ret);
 }
 
 static int wait_hwif_ready(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
@@ -884,13 +889,19 @@ int probe_hwif_init_with_fixup(ide_hwif_t *hwif, void (*fixup)(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 
         if (hwif->present) {
                 u16 unit = 0;
+                int ret;
+
                 for (unit = 0; unit < MAX_DRIVES; ++unit) {
                         ide_drive_t *drive = &hwif->drives[unit];
                         /* For now don't attach absent drives, we may
                            want them on default or a new "empty" class
                            for hotplug reprobing ? */
                         if (drive->present) {
-                                device_register(&drive->gendev);
+                                ret = device_register(&drive->gendev);
+                                if (ret < 0)
+                                        printk(KERN_WARNING "IDE: %s: "
+                                                "device_register error: %d\n",
+                                                __FUNCTION__, ret);
                         }
                 }
         }
@@ -1409,8 +1420,14 @@ int ideprobe_init (void)
                         if (hwif->chipset == ide_unknown || hwif->chipset == ide_forced)
                                 hwif->chipset = ide_generic;
                         for (unit = 0; unit < MAX_DRIVES; ++unit)
-                                if (hwif->drives[unit].present)
-                                        device_register(&hwif->drives[unit].gendev);
+                                if (hwif->drives[unit].present) {
+                                        int ret = device_register(
+                                                &hwif->drives[unit].gendev);
+                                        if (ret < 0)
+                                                printk(KERN_WARNING "IDE: %s: "
+                                                        "device_register error: %d\n",
+                                                        __FUNCTION__, ret);
+                                }
                 }
         }
         return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
index 41b74b13a00c..aa049dab3d95 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
@@ -326,15 +326,24 @@ static int ide_replace_subdriver(ide_drive_t *drive, const char *driver)
 {
         struct device *dev = &drive->gendev;
         int ret = 1;
+        int err;
 
         down_write(&dev->bus->subsys.rwsem);
         device_release_driver(dev);
         /* FIXME: device can still be in use by previous driver */
         strlcpy(drive->driver_req, driver, sizeof(drive->driver_req));
-        device_attach(dev);
+        err = device_attach(dev);
+        if (err < 0)
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "IDE: %s: device_attach error: %d\n",
+                        __FUNCTION__, err);
         drive->driver_req[0] = 0;
-        if (dev->driver == NULL)
-                device_attach(dev);
+        if (dev->driver == NULL) {
+                err = device_attach(dev);
+                if (err < 0)
+                        printk(KERN_WARNING
+                                "IDE: %s: device_attach(2) error: %d\n",
+                                __FUNCTION__, err);
+        }
         if (dev->driver && !strcmp(dev->driver->name, driver))
                 ret = 0;
         up_write(&dev->bus->subsys.rwsem);
@@ -526,7 +535,12 @@ static int proc_print_driver(struct device_driver *drv, void *data)
 
 static int ide_drivers_show(struct seq_file *s, void *p)
 {
-        bus_for_each_drv(&ide_bus_type, NULL, s, proc_print_driver);
+        int err;
+
+        err = bus_for_each_drv(&ide_bus_type, NULL, s, proc_print_driver);
+        if (err < 0)
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "IDE: %s: bus_for_each_drv error: %d\n",
+                        __FUNCTION__, err);
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 8c3f06242280..97b162ca9885 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -1997,10 +1997,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_bus_type);
  */
 static int __init ide_init(void)
 {
+        int ret;
+
         printk(KERN_INFO "Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver " REVISION "\n");
         system_bus_speed = ide_system_bus_speed();
 
-        bus_register(&ide_bus_type);
+        ret = bus_register(&ide_bus_type);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "IDE: bus_register error: %d\n", ret);
+                return ret;
+        }
 
         init_ide_data();