[PATCH 5.13 207/223] driver core: Prevent warning when removing a device link from unregistered consumer

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Jul 26 2021 - 12:37:43 EST


From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>

commit e64daad660a0c9ace3acdc57099fffe5ed83f977 upstream.

sysfs_remove_link() causes a warning if the parent directory does not
exist. That can happen if the device link consumer has not been registered.
So do not attempt sysfs_remove_link() in that case.

Fixes: 287905e68dd29 ("driver core: Expose device link details in sysfs")
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.9+
Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210716114408.17320-2-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -574,8 +574,10 @@ static void devlink_remove_symlinks(stru
return;
}

- snprintf(buf, len, "supplier:%s:%s", dev_bus_name(sup), dev_name(sup));
- sysfs_remove_link(&con->kobj, buf);
+ if (device_is_registered(con)) {
+ snprintf(buf, len, "supplier:%s:%s", dev_bus_name(sup), dev_name(sup));
+ sysfs_remove_link(&con->kobj, buf);
+ }
snprintf(buf, len, "consumer:%s:%s", dev_bus_name(con), dev_name(con));
sysfs_remove_link(&sup->kobj, buf);
kfree(buf);