Re: [PATCH] x86: fix error paths in microcode_init()

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Fri Dec 02 2011 - 09:53:21 EST


>>> On 02.12.11 at 15:35, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 01:35:19PM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> After failure of platform_device_register_simple(), microcode_dev_exit()
>> got called without the call to microcode_dev_init() already having taken
>> place.
>>
>> After failure of microcode_dev_init(), no cleanup of previously carried
>> out setup was done at all.
>>
>> As a result, microcode_dev_exit() can now get __exit tagged on it.
>>
>> (Noticed while looking at the code, not because of having experienced
>> an actual problem.)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
>> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> --- 3.2-rc4/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
>> +++ 3.2-rc4-x86-ucode-init-eh/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
>> @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int __init microcode_dev_init(voi
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> -static void microcode_dev_exit(void)
>> +static void __exit microcode_dev_exit(void)
>> {
>> misc_deregister(&microcode_dev);
>> }
>> @@ -519,10 +519,8 @@ static int __init microcode_init(void)
>>
>> microcode_pdev = platform_device_register_simple("microcode", -1,
>> NULL, 0);
>> - if (IS_ERR(microcode_pdev)) {
>> - microcode_dev_exit();
>> + if (IS_ERR(microcode_pdev))
>> return PTR_ERR(microcode_pdev);
>> - }
>>
>> get_online_cpus();
>> mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
>> @@ -538,8 +536,18 @@ static int __init microcode_init(void)
>> }
>>
>> error = microcode_dev_init();
>> - if (error)
>> + if (error) {
>> + get_online_cpus();
>> + mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
>> +
>> + sysdev_driver_unregister(&cpu_sysdev_class, &mc_sysdev_driver);
>> +
>> + mutex_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
>> + put_online_cpus();
>> +
>> + platform_device_unregister(microcode_pdev);
>> return error;
>> + }
>
> Actually, Srivatsa made a similar patch already which I sent to x86
> guys (I don't think they've pulled yet) but yours is additionally more
> careful to do proper locking before doing sysdev_driver_unregister().
>
> Would you like to add that part ontop of Srivatsa's patch at the
> out_sysdev_driver label and resend?

Why shouldn't this one be taken in its entirety instead?

Jan

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