This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
tpm: Properly clean sysfs entries in error path
to the 3.16-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:
tpm-properly-clean-sysfs-entries-in-error-path.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.16 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From b49e1043c48dac23f64fba684d31c4a96c1ffaa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:00:19 -0400
Subject: tpm: Properly clean sysfs entries in error path
From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit b49e1043c48dac23f64fba684d31c4a96c1ffaa0 upstream.
Properly clean the sysfs entries in the error path
Reported-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(s
goto del_misc;
if (tpm_add_ppi(&dev->kobj))
- goto del_misc;
+ goto del_sysfs;
chip->bios_dir = tpm_bios_log_setup(chip->devname);
@@ -1127,6 +1127,8 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(s
return chip;
+del_sysfs:
+ tpm_sysfs_del_device(chip);
del_misc:
tpm_dev_del_device(chip);
put_device:
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.16/tpm-properly-clean-sysfs-entries-in-error-path.patch
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