1 files changed, 31 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index a9852dbdfd66..2a9b6a07e3a2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1318,6 +1318,7 @@ static int bind_rdev_to_array(mdk_rdev_t * rdev, mddev_t * mddev)
         char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
         struct kobject *ko;
         char *s;
+        int err;
 
         if (rdev->mddev) {
                 MD_BUG();
@@ -1352,20 +1353,29 @@ static int bind_rdev_to_array(mdk_rdev_t * rdev, mddev_t * mddev)
         while ( (s=strchr(rdev->kobj.k_name, '/')) != NULL)
                 *s = '!';
                         
-        list_add(&rdev->same_set, &mddev->disks);
         rdev->mddev = mddev;
         printk(KERN_INFO "md: bind<%s>\n", b);
 
         rdev->kobj.parent = &mddev->kobj;
-        kobject_add(&rdev->kobj);
+        if ((err = kobject_add(&rdev->kobj)))
+                goto fail;
 
         if (rdev->bdev->bd_part)
                 ko = &rdev->bdev->bd_part->kobj;
         else
                 ko = &rdev->bdev->bd_disk->kobj;
-        sysfs_create_link(&rdev->kobj, ko, "block");
+        if ((err = sysfs_create_link(&rdev->kobj, ko, "block"))) {
+                kobject_del(&rdev->kobj);
+                goto fail;
+        }
+        list_add(&rdev->same_set, &mddev->disks);
         bd_claim_by_disk(rdev->bdev, rdev, mddev->gendisk);
         return 0;
+
+ fail:
+        printk(KERN_WARNING "md: failed to register dev-%s for %s\n",
+               b, mdname(mddev));
+        return err;
 }
 
 static void unbind_rdev_from_array(mdk_rdev_t * rdev)
@@ -2966,7 +2976,9 @@ static struct kobject *md_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
         mddev->kobj.k_name = NULL;
         snprintf(mddev->kobj.name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "%s", "md");
         mddev->kobj.ktype = &md_ktype;
-        kobject_register(&mddev->kobj);
+        if (kobject_register(&mddev->kobj))
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "md: cannot register %s/md - name in use\n",
+                       disk->disk_name);
         return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -3144,9 +3156,12 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
                 bitmap_destroy(mddev);
                 return err;
         }
-        if (mddev->pers->sync_request)
-                sysfs_create_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_redundancy_group);
-        else if (mddev->ro == 2) /* auto-readonly not meaningful */
+        if (mddev->pers->sync_request) {
+                if (sysfs_create_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_redundancy_group))
+                        printk(KERN_WARNING
+                               "md: cannot register extra attributes for %s\n",
+                               mdname(mddev));
+        } else if (mddev->ro == 2) /* auto-readonly not meaningful */
                 mddev->ro = 0;
 
         atomic_set(&mddev->writes_pending,0);
@@ -3160,7 +3175,9 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
                 if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0) {
                         char nm[20];
                         sprintf(nm, "rd%d", rdev->raid_disk);
-                        sysfs_create_link(&mddev->kobj, &rdev->kobj, nm);
+                        if (sysfs_create_link(&mddev->kobj, &rdev->kobj, nm))
+                                printk("md: cannot register %s for %s\n",
+                                       nm, mdname(mddev));
                 }
         
         set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
@@ -5386,8 +5403,12 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(mddev_t *mddev)
                                 if (mddev->pers->hot_add_disk(mddev,rdev)) {
                                         char nm[20];
                                         sprintf(nm, "rd%d", rdev->raid_disk);
-                                        sysfs_create_link(&mddev->kobj,
-                                                          &rdev->kobj, nm);
+                                        if (sysfs_create_link(&mddev->kobj,
+                                                              &rdev->kobj, nm))
+                                                printk(KERN_WARNING
+                                                       "md: cannot register "
+                                                       "%s for %s\n",
+                                                       nm, mdname(mddev));
                                         spares++;
                                         md_new_event(mddev);
                                 } else