[PATCH] [v3] module: don't ignore sysfs_create_link() failures

[Arnd Bergmann]

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

The sysfs_create_link() return code is marked as __must_check, but the
module_add_driver() function tries hard to not care, by assigning the
return code to a variable. When building with 'make W=1', gcc still
warns because this variable is only assigned but not used:

drivers/base/module.c: In function 'module_add_driver':
drivers/base/module.c:36:6: warning: variable 'no_warn' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]

Rework the code to properly unwind and return the error code to the
caller. My reading of the original code was that it tries to
not fail when the links already exist, so keep ignoring -EEXIST
errors.

Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-modules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: e17e0f51aeea ("Driver core: show drivers in /sys/module/")
See-also: 4a7fb6363f2d ("add __must_check to device management code")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
v3: make error handling stricter, add unwinding,
     fix build fail with CONFIG_MODULES=n
v2: rework to actually handle the error. I have not tested the
    error handling beyond build testing, so please review carefully.
---
 drivers/base/base.h   |  9 ++++++---
 drivers/base/bus.c    |  9 ++++++++-
 drivers/base/module.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 0738ccad08b2..db4f910e8e36 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -192,11 +192,14 @@ extern struct kset *devices_kset;
 void devices_kset_move_last(struct device *dev);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MODULES) && defined(CONFIG_SYSFS)
-void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv);
+int module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv);
 void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
 #else
-static inline void module_add_driver(struct module *mod,
-				     struct device_driver *drv) { }
+static inline int module_add_driver(struct module *mod,
+				    struct device_driver *drv)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 static inline void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv) { }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index daee55c9b2d9..ffea0728b8b2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -674,7 +674,12 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 		if (error)
 			goto out_del_list;
 	}
-	module_add_driver(drv->owner, drv);
+	error = module_add_driver(drv->owner, drv);
+	if (error) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to create module links for %s\n",
+			__func__, drv->name);
+		goto out_detach;
+	}
 
 	error = driver_create_file(drv, &driver_attr_uevent);
 	if (error) {
@@ -699,6 +704,8 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 
 	return 0;
 
+out_detach:
+	driver_detach(drv);
 out_del_list:
 	klist_del(&priv->knode_bus);
 out_unregister:
diff --git a/drivers/base/module.c b/drivers/base/module.c
index 46ad4d636731..d16b5c8e5473 100644
--- a/drivers/base/module.c
+++ b/drivers/base/module.c
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ static void module_create_drivers_dir(struct module_kobject *mk)
 	mutex_unlock(&drivers_dir_mutex);
 }
 
-void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
+int module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
 {
 	char *driver_name;
-	int no_warn;
+	int ret;
 	struct module_kobject *mk = NULL;
 
 	if (!drv)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (mod)
 		mk = &mod->mkobj;
@@ -56,17 +56,37 @@ void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
 	}
 
 	if (!mk)
-		return;
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = sysfs_create_link(&drv->p->kobj, &mk->kobj, "module");
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
-	/* Don't check return codes; these calls are idempotent */
-	no_warn = sysfs_create_link(&drv->p->kobj, &mk->kobj, "module");
 	driver_name = make_driver_name(drv);
-	if (driver_name) {
-		module_create_drivers_dir(mk);
-		no_warn = sysfs_create_link(mk->drivers_dir, &drv->p->kobj,
-					    driver_name);
-		kfree(driver_name);
+	if (!driver_name) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	module_create_drivers_dir(mk);
+	if (!mk->drivers_dir) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 	}
+
+	ret = sysfs_create_link(mk->drivers_dir, &drv->p->kobj, driver_name);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	kfree(driver_name);
+
+	return 0;
+out:
+	sysfs_remove_link(&drv->p->kobj, "module");
+	sysfs_remove_link(mk->drivers_dir, driver_name);
+	kfree(driver_name);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
-- 
2.39.2