[PATCH v2 1/2] virt: vbox: Add check for device_create_file

From: Jiasheng Jiang
Date: Thu Sep 01 2022 - 05:18:07 EST


As device_create_file() can return error number,
it should be better to check the return value and
deal with the exception.
Moreover, this driver should be using an attribute group.

Fixes: 0ba002bc4393 ("virt: Add vboxguest driver for Virtual Box Guest integration")
Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Change log:

v1 -> v2:

1. Use gdev->dev instead of dev.
2. Remove file when creation failed.
---
drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c
index 4ccfd30c2a30..2fb9a6d91b53 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c
@@ -390,8 +390,13 @@ static int vbg_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci, const struct pci_device_id *id)
}

pci_set_drvdata(pci, gdev);
- device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_host_version);
- device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_host_features);
+
+ ret = device_create_file(gdev->dev, &dev_attr_host_features);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_unregister_misc_device_user;
+ ret = device_create_file(gdev->dev, &dev_attr_host_version);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_remove_file_features;

vbg_info("vboxguest: misc device minor %d, IRQ %d, I/O port %x, MMIO at %pap (size %pap)\n",
gdev->misc_device.minor, pci->irq, gdev->io_port,
@@ -399,6 +404,8 @@ static int vbg_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci, const struct pci_device_id *id)

return 0;

+err_remove_file_features:
+ device_remove_file(gdev->dev, &dev_attr_host_features);
err_unregister_misc_device_user:
misc_deregister(&gdev->misc_device_user);
err_unregister_misc_device:
--
2.25.1