From: Isaac J. Manjarres <isaacmanjarres@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220921001414.4046492-1-isaacmanjarres@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/dd.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -1088,7 +1088,11 @@ static int __driver_attach(struct device
return 0;
} else if (ret < 0) {
dev_dbg(dev, "Bus failed to match device: %d\n", ret);
- return ret;
+ /*
+ * Driver could not match with device, but may match with
+ * another device on the bus.
+ */
+ return 0;
} /* ret > 0 means positive match */
if (driver_allows_async_probing(drv)) {
