[PATCH] staging: greybus: uart: check return values during probe

From: Nirbhay Sharma

Date: Sat Nov 15 2025 - 01:18:21 EST


Check the return values of send_control() and send_line_coding() during
device initialization in gb_uart_probe(). If these operations fail, the
device will be left in an inconsistent state, so propagate the error to
properly fail the probe.

Both functions call gb_operation_sync() which can fail with errors such
as -ENOMEM, -ENODEV, or -ETIMEDOUT. Ignoring these errors means the TTY
device would be registered despite incomplete initialization.

Signed-off-by: Nirbhay Sharma <nirbhay.lkd@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/greybus/uart.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/uart.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/uart.c
index 10df5c37c83e..5cece0a6606f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/uart.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/uart.c
@@ -879,14 +879,18 @@ static int gb_uart_probe(struct gbphy_device *gbphy_dev,
if (retval)
goto exit_put_port;

- send_control(gb_tty, gb_tty->ctrlout);
+ retval = send_control(gb_tty, gb_tty->ctrlout);
+ if (retval)
+ goto exit_connection_disable;

/* initialize the uart to be 9600n81 */
gb_tty->line_coding.rate = cpu_to_le32(9600);
gb_tty->line_coding.format = GB_SERIAL_1_STOP_BITS;
gb_tty->line_coding.parity = GB_SERIAL_NO_PARITY;
gb_tty->line_coding.data_bits = 8;
- send_line_coding(gb_tty);
+ retval = send_line_coding(gb_tty);
+ if (retval)
+ goto exit_connection_disable;

retval = gb_connection_enable(connection);
if (retval)
--
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