long long start, length;
        int part;
        int i;
+       int err;
 
        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                return -EACCES;
                                }
                        }
                        /* all seems OK */
-                       add_partition(disk, part, start, length, ADDPART_FLAG_NONE);
+                       err = add_partition(disk, part, start, length, ADDPART_FLAG_NONE);
                        mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
-                       return 0;
+                       return err;
                case BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION:
                        if (!disk->part[part-1])
                                return -ENXIO;
 
                if (!size)
                        continue;
                if (from + size > get_capacity(disk)) {
-                       printk(" %s: p%d exceeds device capacity\n",
+                       printk(KERN_ERR " %s: p%d exceeds device capacity\n",
                                disk->disk_name, p);
+                       continue;
+               }
+               res = add_partition(disk, p, from, size, state->parts[p].flags);
+               if (res) {
+                       printk(KERN_ERR " %s: p%d could not be added: %d\n",
+                               disk->disk_name, p, -res);
+                       continue;
                }
-               add_partition(disk, p, from, size, state->parts[p].flags);
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD
                if (state->parts[p].flags & ADDPART_FLAG_RAID)
                        md_autodetect_dev(bdev->bd_dev+p);