Re: [PATCH] memory-hotplug: fix store_mem_state() return value

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Thu, May 05, 2016 at 01:41:44PM -0500, Reza Arbab wrote:
> Attempting to online memory which is already online will cause this:
> 
> 1. store_mem_state() called with buf="online"
> 2. device_online() returns 1 because device is already online
> 3. store_mem_state() returns 1
> 4. calling code interprets this as 1-byte buffer read
> 5. store_mem_state() called again with buf="nline"
> 6. store_mem_state() returns -EINVAL
> 
> Example:
> 
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/memory/memory0/state
> online
> $ echo online > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory0/state
> -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> 
> Fix the return value of store_mem_state() so this doesn't happen.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/base/memory.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
> index 961e2cf..031950f 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/memory.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
> @@ -359,9 +359,7 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev,
>  err:
>  	unlock_device_hotplug();
>  
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
> -	return count;
> +	return ret < 0 ? ret : count;

Please spell this out as a real if () statement, it's very hard to now
see if you really did change the logic here or not.

Hint, it's only a 1 line patch that way, right?

thanks,

greg k-h