* efivar_create_sysfs_entry - create a new entry in sysfs
* @new_var: efivar entry to create
*
- * Returns 1 on failure, 0 on success
+ * Returns 0 on success, negative error code on failure
*/
static int
efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivar_entry *new_var)
char *short_name;
unsigned long variable_name_size;
efi_char16_t *variable_name;
+ int ret;
variable_name = new_var->var.VariableName;
variable_name_size = ucs2_strlen(variable_name) * sizeof(efi_char16_t);
short_name = kzalloc(short_name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!short_name)
- return 1;
+ return -ENOMEM;
/* Convert Unicode to normal chars (assume top bits are 0),
ala UTF-8 */
new_var->kobj.kset = efivars_kset;
- i = kobject_init_and_add(&new_var->kobj, &efivar_ktype,
+ ret = kobject_init_and_add(&new_var->kobj, &efivar_ktype,
NULL, "%s", short_name);
kfree(short_name);
- if (i)
- return 1;
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
kobject_uevent(&new_var->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
efivar_entry_add(new_var, &efivar_sysfs_list);