[PATCH] x86 Microcode: Fix the failure path of microcode updatedriver init code

From: Srivatsa S. Bhat
Date: Mon Nov 07 2011 - 07:35:41 EST


The microcode update driver's initialization code does not handle failures
correctly. This patch fixes this issue.

Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
index f2d2a66..c7bdbfa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
@@ -519,10 +519,8 @@ static int __init microcode_init(void)

microcode_pdev = platform_device_register_simple("microcode", -1,
NULL, 0);
- if (IS_ERR(microcode_pdev)) {
- microcode_dev_exit();
+ if (IS_ERR(microcode_pdev))
return PTR_ERR(microcode_pdev);
- }

get_online_cpus();
mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
@@ -532,14 +530,12 @@ static int __init microcode_init(void)
mutex_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
put_online_cpus();

- if (error) {
- platform_device_unregister(microcode_pdev);
- return error;
- }
+ if (error)
+ goto out_pdev;

error = microcode_dev_init();
if (error)
- return error;
+ goto out_sysdev_driver;

register_syscore_ops(&mc_syscore_ops);
register_hotcpu_notifier(&mc_cpu_notifier);
@@ -548,6 +544,13 @@ static int __init microcode_init(void)
" <tigran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Oruba\n");

return 0;
+
+out_sysdev_driver:
+ sysdev_driver_unregister(&cpu_sysdev_class, &mc_sysdev_driver);
+out_pdev:
+ platform_device_unregister(microcode_pdev);
+ return error;
+
}
module_init(microcode_init);


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