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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/netconsole.c10
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 387a1339501..e13966bb5f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -585,9 +585,8 @@ static struct config_item_type netconsole_target_type = {
* Group operations and type for netconsole_subsys.
*/
-static int make_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
- const char *name,
- struct config_item **new_item)
+static struct config_item *make_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
+ const char *name)
{
unsigned long flags;
struct netconsole_target *nt;
@@ -599,7 +598,7 @@ static int make_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
nt = kzalloc(sizeof(*nt), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!nt) {
printk(KERN_ERR "netconsole: failed to allocate memory\n");
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
}
nt->np.name = "netconsole";
@@ -616,8 +615,7 @@ static int make_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
list_add(&nt->list, &target_list);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target_list_lock, flags);
- *new_item = &nt->item;
- return 0;
+ return &nt->item;
}
static void drop_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,