genlmsg_multicast_allns now returns the correct statuses when a message is sent to a listener. However in the case of adding a device we want to wait for the listener otherwise we may miss the the device during startup. Signed-off-by: Cathy Avery <cavery@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/target/target_core_user.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c index 5831e0eecea1..2d3f8f5403d8 100644 --- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c @@ -1794,11 +1794,12 @@ static int tcmu_netlink_event_send(struct tcmu_dev *udev, ret = genlmsg_multicast_allns(&tcmu_genl_family, skb, 0, TCMU_MCGRP_CONFIG, GFP_KERNEL); - /* We don't care if no one is listening */ - if (ret == -ESRCH) - ret = 0; - if (!ret) - ret = tcmu_wait_genl_cmd_reply(udev); + + /* Wait during an add as the listener may not be up yet */ + if (ret == 0 || + (ret == -ESRCH && cmd == TCMU_CMD_ADDED_DEVICE)) + return tcmu_wait_genl_cmd_reply(udev); + return ret; } -- 2.19.1