Merge branch 'topic/snd_card_new-err' into for-linus

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/sound/core.h b/include/sound/core.h
index f632484bc743..25420c3b5513 100644
--- a/include/sound/core.h
+++ b/include/sound/core.h
@@ -296,8 +296,20 @@ int snd_card_locked(int card);
 extern int (*snd_mixer_oss_notify_callback)(struct snd_card *card, int cmd);
 #endif
 
+int snd_card_create(int idx, const char *id,
+		    struct module *module, int extra_size,
+		    struct snd_card **card_ret);
+
+static inline __deprecated
 struct snd_card *snd_card_new(int idx, const char *id,
-			 struct module *module, int extra_size);
+			      struct module *module, int extra_size)
+{
+	struct snd_card *card;
+	if (snd_card_create(idx, id, module, extra_size, &card) < 0)
+		return NULL;
+	return card;
+}
+
 int snd_card_disconnect(struct snd_card *card);
 int snd_card_free(struct snd_card *card);
 int snd_card_free_when_closed(struct snd_card *card);