Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6

* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6:
  modules: better error messages when modules fail to load due to a sysfs problem.
  kobject: update documentation
  kset: kernel-doc cleanups
  driver core: revert "device" link creation check
  stable_api_nonsense.txt: Disambiguate the use of "this" by using "that" to refer to the syscall interface
  Fix Doc/sysfs-rules typos
  kernel-doc fixes for PCI and drivers/base/
  kobject: put kobject_actions in kobject.h
  kobject: fix link error when CONFIG_HOTPLUG is disabled
  HOWTO: sync Japanese HOWTO
  HOWTO: adjust translation header of Japanese stable_api_nonsense.txt

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index effbaaedd7f3..4e57732fcfb4 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -567,7 +567,12 @@ static void __init kernel_param_sysfs_setup(const char *name,
 	kobject_set_name(&mk->kobj, name);
 	kobject_init(&mk->kobj);
 	ret = kobject_add(&mk->kobj);
-	BUG_ON(ret < 0);
+	if (ret) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Module '%s' failed to be added to sysfs, "
+		      "error number %d\n", name, ret);
+		printk(KERN_ERR	"The system will be unstable now.\n");
+		return;
+	}
 	param_sysfs_setup(mk, kparam, num_params, name_skip);
 	kobject_uevent(&mk->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 }