This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
module: don't ignore sysfs_create_link() failures
to the 6.9-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:
module-don-t-ignore-sysfs_create_link-failures.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 0f8e431d6b57d99794a104ad8474f589a6928240
Author: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Apr 8 10:05:58 2024 +0200
module: don't ignore sysfs_create_link() failures
[ Upstream commit 85d2b0aa170351380be39fe4ff7973df1427fe76 ]
The sysfs_create_link() return code is marked as __must_check, but the
module_add_driver() function tries hard to not care, by assigning the
return code to a variable. When building with 'make W=1', gcc still
warns because this variable is only assigned but not used:
drivers/base/module.c: In function 'module_add_driver':
drivers/base/module.c:36:6: warning: variable 'no_warn' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
Rework the code to properly unwind and return the error code to the
caller. My reading of the original code was that it tries to
not fail when the links already exist, so keep ignoring -EEXIST
errors.
Fixes: e17e0f51aeea ("Driver core: show drivers in /sys/module/")
See-also: 4a7fb6363f2d ("add __must_check to device management code")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240408080616.3911573-1-arnd@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 0738ccad08b2e..db4f910e8e36e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -192,11 +192,14 @@ extern struct kset *devices_kset;
void devices_kset_move_last(struct device *dev);
#if defined(CONFIG_MODULES) && defined(CONFIG_SYSFS)
-void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv);
+int module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv);
void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
#else
-static inline void module_add_driver(struct module *mod,
- struct device_driver *drv) { }
+static inline int module_add_driver(struct module *mod,
+ struct device_driver *drv)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
static inline void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv) { }
#endif
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index daee55c9b2d9e..ffea0728b8b2f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -674,7 +674,12 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
if (error)
goto out_del_list;
}
- module_add_driver(drv->owner, drv);
+ error = module_add_driver(drv->owner, drv);
+ if (error) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to create module links for %s\n",
+ __func__, drv->name);
+ goto out_detach;
+ }
error = driver_create_file(drv, &driver_attr_uevent);
if (error) {
@@ -699,6 +704,8 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
return 0;
+out_detach:
+ driver_detach(drv);
out_del_list:
klist_del(&priv->knode_bus);
out_unregister:
diff --git a/drivers/base/module.c b/drivers/base/module.c
index 46ad4d636731d..a1b55da07127d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/module.c
+++ b/drivers/base/module.c
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ static void module_create_drivers_dir(struct module_kobject *mk)
mutex_unlock(&drivers_dir_mutex);
}
-void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
+int module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
{
char *driver_name;
- int no_warn;
struct module_kobject *mk = NULL;
+ int ret;
if (!drv)
- return;
+ return 0;
if (mod)
mk = &mod->mkobj;
@@ -56,17 +56,37 @@ void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
}
if (!mk)
- return;
+ return 0;
+
+ ret = sysfs_create_link(&drv->p->kobj, &mk->kobj, "module");
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
- /* Don't check return codes; these calls are idempotent */
- no_warn = sysfs_create_link(&drv->p->kobj, &mk->kobj, "module");
driver_name = make_driver_name(drv);
- if (driver_name) {
- module_create_drivers_dir(mk);
- no_warn = sysfs_create_link(mk->drivers_dir, &drv->p->kobj,
- driver_name);
- kfree(driver_name);
+ if (!driver_name) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ module_create_drivers_dir(mk);
+ if (!mk->drivers_dir) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
}
+
+ ret = sysfs_create_link(mk->drivers_dir, &drv->p->kobj, driver_name);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+
+ kfree(driver_name);
+
+ return 0;
+out:
+ sysfs_remove_link(&drv->p->kobj, "module");
+ sysfs_remove_link(mk->drivers_dir, driver_name);
+ kfree(driver_name);
+
+ return ret;
}
void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
