This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled driver core: Fix error return code in really_probe() to the 5.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: driver-core-fix-error-return-code-in-really_probe.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit f6d828aeb22e3abc22cbe14b25ad3fd73d4785f2 Author: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Jul 7 15:43:01 2021 +0800 driver core: Fix error return code in really_probe() [ Upstream commit f04948dea236b000da09c466a7ec931ecd8d7867 ] In the case of error handling, the error code returned by the subfunction should be propagated instead of 0. Fixes: 1901fb2604fb ("Driver core: fix "driver" symlink timing") Fixes: 23b6904442d0 ("driver core: add dev_groups to all drivers") Fixes: 8fd456ec0cf0 ("driver core: Add state_synced sysfs file for devices that support it") Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210707074301.2722-1-thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c index 437cd61343b2..68ea1f949daa 100644 --- a/drivers/base/dd.c +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c @@ -580,7 +580,8 @@ re_probe: goto probe_failed; } - if (driver_sysfs_add(dev)) { + ret = driver_sysfs_add(dev); + if (ret) { pr_err("%s: driver_sysfs_add(%s) failed\n", __func__, dev_name(dev)); goto probe_failed; @@ -602,15 +603,18 @@ re_probe: goto probe_failed; } - if (device_add_groups(dev, drv->dev_groups)) { + ret = device_add_groups(dev, drv->dev_groups); + if (ret) { dev_err(dev, "device_add_groups() failed\n"); goto dev_groups_failed; } - if (dev_has_sync_state(dev) && - device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_state_synced)) { - dev_err(dev, "state_synced sysfs add failed\n"); - goto dev_sysfs_state_synced_failed; + if (dev_has_sync_state(dev)) { + ret = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_state_synced); + if (ret) { + dev_err(dev, "state_synced sysfs add failed\n"); + goto dev_sysfs_state_synced_failed; + } } if (test_remove) {