[PATCH v1] xenbus: Unregister reboot notifier on init failure

From: Yuho Choi

Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 23:23:39 EST


xs_init() registers xs_reboot_nb before initializing XenStore
communications and starting xenwatch. If either operation fails, the
notifier remains registered and a later initialization attempt can hit a
duplicate registration.

Check the notifier registration result and unregister it on every
subsequent failure path.

Fixes: fd8aa9095a95 ("xen: optimize xenbus driver for multiple concurrent xenstore accesses")
Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
index d1cca4acb6f3..62274d377b3a 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
@@ -915,19 +915,27 @@ int xs_init(void)
int err;
struct task_struct *task;

- register_reboot_notifier(&xs_reboot_nb);
+ err = register_reboot_notifier(&xs_reboot_nb);
+ if (err)
+ return err;

/* Initialize the shared memory rings to talk to xenstored */
err = xb_init_comms();
if (err)
- return err;
+ goto err_unregister_reboot_notifier;

task = kthread_run(xenwatch_thread, NULL, "xenwatch");
- if (IS_ERR(task))
- return PTR_ERR(task);
+ if (IS_ERR(task)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(task);
+ goto err_unregister_reboot_notifier;
+ }

/* shutdown watches for kexec boot */
xs_reset_watches();

return 0;
+
+err_unregister_reboot_notifier:
+ unregister_reboot_notifier(&xs_reboot_nb);
+ return err;
}
--
2.43.0