Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: vpd: Tie firmware kobject to device lifetime

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Wed Nov 15 2017 - 17:28:39 EST


On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 01:00:44PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> It doesn't make sense to have /sys/firmware/vpd if the device is not
> instantiated, so tie its lifetime to the device.
>
> Fixes: 049a59db34eb ("firmware: Google VPD sysfs driver")
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c b/drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c
> index 84217172297b..942e358efa60 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c
> @@ -295,7 +295,17 @@ static int vpd_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> - return vpd_sections_init(entry.cbmem_addr);
> + vpd_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("vpd", firmware_kobj);
> + if (!vpd_kobj)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + ret = vpd_sections_init(entry.cbmem_addr);
> + if (ret) {
> + kobject_put(vpd_kobj);
> + return ret;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> }
>
> static int vpd_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> @@ -303,6 +313,8 @@ static int vpd_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> vpd_section_destroy(&ro_vpd);
> vpd_section_destroy(&rw_vpd);
>
> + kobject_put(vpd_kobj);
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -322,10 +334,6 @@ static int __init vpd_platform_init(void)
> if (IS_ERR(pdev))
> return PTR_ERR(pdev);
>
> - vpd_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("vpd", firmware_kobj);
> - if (!vpd_kobj)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> -
> platform_driver_register(&vpd_driver);
>
> return 0;
> @@ -333,7 +341,6 @@ static int __init vpd_platform_init(void)
>
> static void __exit vpd_platform_exit(void)
> {
> - kobject_put(vpd_kobj);
> }
>
> module_init(vpd_platform_init);
> --
> 2.7.4
>

--
Dmitry