block: make add_partition() return pointer to hd_struct

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / block / ioctl.c

diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index c832d63..d03985b 100644 (file)
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
        struct disk_part_iter piter;
        long long start, length;
        int partno;
-       int err;
 
        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                return -EACCES;
@@ -61,10 +60,10 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
                        disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
 
                        /* all seems OK */
-                       err = add_partition(disk, partno, start, length,
-                                           ADDPART_FLAG_NONE);
+                       part = add_partition(disk, partno, start, length,
+                                            ADDPART_FLAG_NONE);
                        mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
-                       return err;
+                       return IS_ERR(part) ? PTR_ERR(part) : 0;
                case BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION:
                        part = disk_get_part(disk, partno);
                        if (!part)