[PATCH 1/3] driver core: check notifier_call_chain return value

From: Benjamin Gaignard
Date: Tue Feb 27 2018 - 09:09:51 EST


When being notified that a driver is about to be bind a listener
could return NOTIFY_BAD.
Check the return to be sure that the driver could be bind.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/dd.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index de6fd092bf2f..9275f2c0fed2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -304,9 +304,12 @@ static int driver_sysfs_add(struct device *dev)
{
int ret;

- if (dev->bus)
- blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->p->bus_notifier,
- BUS_NOTIFY_BIND_DRIVER, dev);
+ if (dev->bus) {
+ if (blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->p->bus_notifier,
+ BUS_NOTIFY_BIND_DRIVER, dev) ==
+ NOTIFY_BAD)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }

ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->driver->p->kobj, &dev->kobj,
kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
--
2.15.0