[PATCH V4 1/2] driver core: Prevent warning when removing a device link from unregistered consumer

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Fri Jul 16 2021 - 07:44:10 EST


sysfs_remove_link() causes a warning if the parent directory does not
exist. That can happen if the device link consumer has not been registered.
So do not attempt sysfs_remove_link() in that case.

Fixes: 287905e68dd29 ("driver core: Expose device link details in sysfs")
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.9+
Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index ea5b85354526..2de8f7d8cf54 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -575,8 +575,10 @@ static void devlink_remove_symlinks(struct device *dev,
return;
}

- snprintf(buf, len, "supplier:%s:%s", dev_bus_name(sup), dev_name(sup));
- sysfs_remove_link(&con->kobj, buf);
+ if (device_is_registered(con)) {
+ snprintf(buf, len, "supplier:%s:%s", dev_bus_name(sup), dev_name(sup));
+ sysfs_remove_link(&con->kobj, buf);
+ }
snprintf(buf, len, "consumer:%s:%s", dev_bus_name(con), dev_name(con));
sysfs_remove_link(&sup->kobj, buf);
kfree(buf);
--
2.17.1