Re: [RFT PATCH v2 2/2] compal-laptop: Check return value of power_supply_register

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On piÄ, 2015-02-20 at 14:04 +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> The return value of power_supply_register() call was not checked and
> even on error probe() function returned 0. If registering failed then
> during unbind the driver tried to unregister power supply which was not
> actually registered.
> 
> This could lead to memory corruption because power_supply_unregister()
> unconditionally cleans up given power supply.
> 
> Fix this by checking return status of power_supply_register() call. In
> case of failure, clean up sysfs entries and fail the probe.
> 

(...)

>  
> @@ -1072,6 +1074,7 @@ static int compal_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>  	power_supply_unregister(&data->psy);
> +	/* FIXME: missing hwmon_device_unregister() */
>  
>  	sysfs_remove_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &compal_platform_attr_group);


Crap, I forgot to remove the FIXME note. It is no longer needed because
patch 1 fixes this.

I'll resend. Sorry for the noise.



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