commit 27c0d217340e47ec995557f61423ef415afba987 upstream.
When a driver registers with a bus, it will attempt to match with every
device on the bus through the __driver_attach() function. Currently, if
the bus_type.match() function encounters an error that is not
-EPROBE_DEFER, __driver_attach() will return a negative error code, which
causes the driver registration logic to stop trying to match with the
remaining devices on the bus.
This behavior is not correct; a failure while matching a driver to a
device does not mean that the driver won't be able to match and bind
with other devices on the bus. Update the logic in __driver_attach()
to reflect this.
Fixes: 656b8035b0ee ("ARM: 8524/1: driver cohandle -EPROBE_DEFER from bus_type.match()")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres <isaacmanjarres@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/dd.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 63390a416b44..2dad29292487 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -902,8 +902,12 @@ static int __driver_attach(struct device *dev, void *data)
*/
return 0;
} else if (ret < 0) {
- dev_dbg(dev, "Bus failed to match device: %d", ret);
- return ret;
+ dev_dbg(dev, "Bus failed to match device: %d\n", ret);
+ /*
+ * Driver could not match with device, but may match with
+ * another device on the bus.
+ */
+ return 0;
} /* ret > 0 means positive match */
if (dev->parent && dev->bus->need_parent_lock)
--
2.39.0.314.g84b9a713c41-goog
