From: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx> commit 51dd19a7e9f8fbbb7cd92b8a357091911eae7f78 upstream. If the symlink is unable to be created, the driver goes ahead and continues device creation. Instead lets propagate the failure, and fail the probe. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210526204042.2681700-1-jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx Fixes: 8a7365c2d418 ("coresight: Expose device connections via sysfs") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210614175901.532683-7-mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c @@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ static int coresight_fixup_device_conns( } } - return 0; + return ret; } static int coresight_remove_match(struct device *dev, void *data)