The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From dbd3e6eaf3d813939b28e8a66e29d81cdc836445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:14:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (dell-smm) Fix warning on /proc/i8k creation error MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The removal function is called regardless of whether /proc/i8k was created successfully or not, the later causing a WARN() on module removal. Fix that by only registering the removal function if /proc/i8k was created successfully. Tested on a Inspiron 3505. Fixes: 039ae58503f3 ("hwmon: Allow to compile dell-smm-hwmon driver without /proc/i8k") Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx> Acked-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211112171440.59006-1-W_Armin@xxxxxx Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c index eaace478f508..5596c211f38d 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c @@ -627,10 +627,9 @@ static void __init i8k_init_procfs(struct device *dev) { struct dell_smm_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev); - /* Register the proc entry */ - proc_create_data("i8k", 0, NULL, &i8k_proc_ops, data); - - devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, i8k_exit_procfs, NULL); + /* Only register exit function if creation was successful */ + if (proc_create_data("i8k", 0, NULL, &i8k_proc_ops, data)) + devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, i8k_exit_procfs, NULL); } #else