ALSA: core: propagate actual error code from register_chrdev

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The alsa_sound_init() function currently returns a hardcoded -EIO
if register_chrdev() fails, masking specific error codes from
__register_chrdev() such as -EINVAL, -ENOMEM, or -EBUSY.

Masking these failures under a generic -EIO makes system-level
diagnostics unnecessarily difficult. Propagating explicit error codes
from register_chrdev() is also an established convention widely
practiced across other subsystems.

Fix this by capturing and propagating the dynamic error code from
register_chrdev(). While at it, also assign the return value of
snd_info_init() to the 'err' variable instead of hardcoding -ENOMEM
to ensure consistency and future-proofing.

Signed-off-by: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260703103840.253527-1-phucduc.bui@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

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bui duc phuc 2026-07-03 17:38:40 +07:00 • committed by Takashi Iwai

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