Re: [PATCH] uio/uio_pci_generic: don't return zero on failure path in probe()

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Mon Dec 08 2014 - 02:29:25 EST


On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 12:28:01AM +0300, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> If uio_register_device() fails in probe(), it breaks off initialization,
> deallocates all resources, but returns zero.
>
> The patch adds proper error code propagation.
>
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c b/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
> index 077ae12269ce..d0b508b68f3c 100644
> --- a/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
> +++ b/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
> @@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ static int probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> gdev->info.handler = irqhandler;
> gdev->pdev = pdev;
>
> - if (uio_register_device(&pdev->dev, &gdev->info))
> + err = uio_register_device(&pdev->dev, &gdev->info);
> + if (err)
> goto err_register;
> pci_set_drvdata(pdev, gdev);
>
> --
> 1.9.1
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