[PATCH v2 1/3] scsi: libsas: Handle errors in sas_ex_add_parent_port()

From: Eshaan Deshmukh

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 13:15:22 EST


The function sas_ex_add_parent_port() uses BUG_ON() if sas_port_alloc()
or sas_port_add() fails. Change sas_ex_add_parent_port() to return error
codes to the caller and free the sas_port_alloc() allocation. Also
change sas_ex_discover_dev() to handle errors returned by
sas_ex_add_parent_port().

Signed-off-by: Eshaan Deshmukh <eshaan2031@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
index f471ab464..f1a1417b0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
@@ -33,19 +33,29 @@ static void sas_port_add_ex_phy(struct sas_port *port, struct ex_phy *ex_phy)
ex_phy->phy_state = PHY_DEVICE_DISCOVERED;
}

-static void sas_ex_add_parent_port(struct domain_device *dev, int phy_id)
+static int sas_ex_add_parent_port(struct domain_device *dev, int phy_id)
{
struct expander_device *ex = &dev->ex_dev;
struct ex_phy *ex_phy = &ex->ex_phy[phy_id];
+ int error;

if (!ex->parent_port) {
ex->parent_port = sas_port_alloc(&dev->rphy->dev, phy_id);
- /* FIXME: error handling */
- BUG_ON(!ex->parent_port);
- BUG_ON(sas_port_add(ex->parent_port));
+ if (!ex->parent_port)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ error = sas_port_add(ex->parent_port);
+ if (error) {
+ sas_port_free(ex->parent_port);
+ ex->parent_port = NULL;
+ return error;
+ }
+
sas_port_mark_backlink(ex->parent_port);
}
sas_port_add_ex_phy(ex->parent_port, ex_phy);
+
+ return 0;
}

/* ---------- SMP task management ---------- */
@@ -981,12 +991,14 @@ static int sas_ex_discover_dev(struct domain_device *dev, int phy_id)
}

/* Parent and domain coherency */
- if (!dev->parent && sas_phy_match_port_addr(dev->port, ex_phy)) {
- sas_ex_add_parent_port(dev, phy_id);
- return 0;
- }
+ if (!dev->parent && sas_phy_match_port_addr(dev->port, ex_phy))
+ return sas_ex_add_parent_port(dev, phy_id);
+
if (dev->parent && sas_phy_match_dev_addr(dev->parent, ex_phy)) {
- sas_ex_add_parent_port(dev, phy_id);
+ res = sas_ex_add_parent_port(dev, phy_id);
+ if (res)
+ return res;
+
if (ex_phy->routing_attr == TABLE_ROUTING)
sas_configure_phy(dev, phy_id, dev->port->sas_addr, 1);
return 0;
--
2.55.0