diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO index d6f3dd1a3464f0cd6950e1c6dcecc4f7bcb6c84f..8d51c148f72117b707792a65c9c5ad025364a03a 100644 --- a/Documentation/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/HOWTO @@ -395,6 +395,26 @@ bugme-janitor mailing list (every change in the bugzilla is mailed here) +Managing bug reports +-------------------- + +One of the best ways to put into practice your hacking skills is by fixing +bugs reported by other people. Not only you will help to make the kernel +more stable, you'll learn to fix real world problems and you will improve +your skills, and other developers will be aware of your presence. Fixing +bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, because +not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs. + +To work in the already reported bug reports, go to http://bugzilla.kernel.org. +If you want to be advised of the future bug reports, you can subscribe to the +bugme-new mailing list (only new bug reports are mailed here) or to the +bugme-janitor mailing list (every change in the bugzilla is mailed here) + + http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new + http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors + + + Mailing lists ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 24f3c63b301710ba461e04e9fc353c9f4a5eabcd..1ac3c74646e3fc29fac85e767eaec8ad4e350330 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Who: Stephen Hemminger What: PHYSDEVPATH, PHYSDEVBUS, PHYSDEVDRIVER in the uevent environment -When: Oktober 2008 +When: October 2008 Why: The stacking of class devices makes these values misleading and inconsistent. Class devices should not carry any of these properties, and bus diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c index 12173d16bea7332b9b76e8f19d6568dc01c5a2fd..7d8a7ce73fb314a22d8d2ec51c8717b2ab10cc0b 100644 --- a/drivers/base/bus.c +++ b/drivers/base/bus.c @@ -372,19 +372,30 @@ int bus_add_device(struct device * dev) pr_debug("bus %s: add device %s\n", bus->name, dev->bus_id); error = device_add_attrs(bus, dev); if (error) - goto out; + goto out_put; error = sysfs_create_link(&bus->devices.kobj, &dev->kobj, dev->bus_id); if (error) - goto out; + goto out_id; error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "subsystem"); if (error) - goto out; + goto out_subsys; error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "bus"); + if (error) + goto out_deprecated; } -out: + return 0; + +out_deprecated: + sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem"); +out_subsys: + sysfs_remove_link(&bus->devices.kobj, dev->bus_id); +out_id: + device_remove_attrs(bus, dev); +out_put: + put_bus(dev->bus); return error; } @@ -428,8 +439,10 @@ void bus_remove_device(struct device * dev) sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "bus"); sysfs_remove_link(&dev->bus->devices.kobj, dev->bus_id); device_remove_attrs(dev->bus, dev); - dev->is_registered = 0; - klist_del(&dev->knode_bus); + if (dev->is_registered) { + dev->is_registered = 0; + klist_del(&dev->knode_bus); + } pr_debug("bus %s: remove device %s\n", dev->bus->name, dev->bus_id); device_release_driver(dev); put_bus(dev->bus); @@ -505,34 +518,36 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv) struct bus_type * bus = get_bus(drv->bus); int error = 0; - if (bus) { - pr_debug("bus %s: add driver %s\n", bus->name, drv->name); - error = kobject_set_name(&drv->kobj, "%s", drv->name); - if (error) - goto out_put_bus; - drv->kobj.kset = &bus->drivers; - if ((error = kobject_register(&drv->kobj))) - goto out_put_bus; - - error = driver_attach(drv); - if (error) - goto out_unregister; - klist_add_tail(&drv->knode_bus, &bus->klist_drivers); - module_add_driver(drv->owner, drv); - - error = driver_add_attrs(bus, drv); - if (error) { - /* How the hell do we get out of this pickle? Give up */ - printk(KERN_ERR "%s: driver_add_attrs(%s) failed\n", - __FUNCTION__, drv->name); - } - error = add_bind_files(drv); - if (error) { - /* Ditto */ - printk(KERN_ERR "%s: add_bind_files(%s) failed\n", - __FUNCTION__, drv->name); - } + if (!bus) + return 0; + + pr_debug("bus %s: add driver %s\n", bus->name, drv->name); + error = kobject_set_name(&drv->kobj, "%s", drv->name); + if (error) + goto out_put_bus; + drv->kobj.kset = &bus->drivers; + if ((error = kobject_register(&drv->kobj))) + goto out_put_bus; + + error = driver_attach(drv); + if (error) + goto out_unregister; + klist_add_tail(&drv->knode_bus, &bus->klist_drivers); + module_add_driver(drv->owner, drv); + + error = driver_add_attrs(bus, drv); + if (error) { + /* How the hell do we get out of this pickle? Give up */ + printk(KERN_ERR "%s: driver_add_attrs(%s) failed\n", + __FUNCTION__, drv->name); } + error = add_bind_files(drv); + if (error) { + /* Ditto */ + printk(KERN_ERR "%s: add_bind_files(%s) failed\n", + __FUNCTION__, drv->name); + } + return error; out_unregister: kobject_unregister(&drv->kobj); @@ -552,16 +567,17 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv) void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver * drv) { - if (drv->bus) { - remove_bind_files(drv); - driver_remove_attrs(drv->bus, drv); - klist_remove(&drv->knode_bus); - pr_debug("bus %s: remove driver %s\n", drv->bus->name, drv->name); - driver_detach(drv); - module_remove_driver(drv); - kobject_unregister(&drv->kobj); - put_bus(drv->bus); - } + if (!drv->bus) + return; + + remove_bind_files(drv); + driver_remove_attrs(drv->bus, drv); + klist_remove(&drv->knode_bus); + pr_debug("bus %s: remove driver %s\n", drv->bus->name, drv->name); + driver_detach(drv); + module_remove_driver(drv); + kobject_unregister(&drv->kobj); + put_bus(drv->bus); } @@ -732,11 +748,15 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus) klist_init(&bus->klist_devices, klist_devices_get, klist_devices_put); klist_init(&bus->klist_drivers, NULL, NULL); - bus_add_attrs(bus); + retval = bus_add_attrs(bus); + if (retval) + goto bus_attrs_fail; pr_debug("bus type '%s' registered\n", bus->name); return 0; +bus_attrs_fail: + kset_unregister(&bus->drivers); bus_drivers_fail: kset_unregister(&bus->devices); bus_devices_fail: diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c index b32b77ff2dcd7c1814c66318a477b74840b88e2f..0ff267a248dba8ff5e215a380a54ea0f4221c7ce 100644 --- a/drivers/base/class.c +++ b/drivers/base/class.c @@ -562,7 +562,10 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device *class_dev) goto out2; /* add the needed attributes to this device */ - sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->kobj, &parent_class->subsys.kset.kobj, "subsystem"); + error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->kobj, + &parent_class->subsys.kset.kobj, "subsystem"); + if (error) + goto out3; class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent"; class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR; class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = parent_class->owner; diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index b224bb43ff638f812694efe1e4c8eaa5bbd47967..68ad11af22b41e307277f3826be989c37dbe2bbf 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const char *dev_driver_string(struct device *dev) return dev->driver ? dev->driver->name : (dev->bus ? dev->bus->name : ""); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_driver_string); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_driver_string); #define to_dev(obj) container_of(obj, struct device, kobj) #define to_dev_attr(_attr) container_of(_attr, struct device_attribute, attr) @@ -433,14 +433,16 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev) if (dev->driver) dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = dev->driver->owner; dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent; - device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr); + error = device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr); + if (error) + goto attrError; if (MAJOR(dev->devt)) { struct device_attribute *attr; attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL); if (!attr) { error = -ENOMEM; - goto PMError; + goto ueventattrError; } attr->attr.name = "dev"; attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO; @@ -450,7 +452,7 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev) error = device_create_file(dev, attr); if (error) { kfree(attr); - goto attrError; + goto ueventattrError; } dev->devt_attr = attr; @@ -477,7 +479,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev) if ((error = bus_add_device(dev))) goto BusError; kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD); - bus_attach_device(dev); + if ((error = bus_attach_device(dev))) + goto AttachError; if (parent) klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_parent, &parent->klist_children); @@ -496,6 +499,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev) kfree(class_name); put_device(dev); return error; + AttachError: + bus_remove_device(dev); BusError: device_pm_remove(dev); PMError: @@ -507,6 +512,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev) device_remove_file(dev, dev->devt_attr); kfree(dev->devt_attr); } + ueventattrError: + device_remove_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr); attrError: kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE); kobject_del(&dev->kobj); @@ -805,8 +812,10 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name) if (dev->class) { old_symlink_name = kmalloc(BUS_ID_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!old_symlink_name) - return -ENOMEM; + if (!old_symlink_name) { + error = -ENOMEM; + goto out_free_old_class; + } strlcpy(old_symlink_name, dev->bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE); } @@ -830,9 +839,10 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name) } put_device(dev); - kfree(old_class_name); kfree(new_class_name); kfree(old_symlink_name); + out_free_old_class: + kfree(old_class_name); return error; } diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c index b5f43c3e44fa2a5c9d5bf23898ea57472e7b38ae..db01b95a47a501d5976c04d66052a8809f026f29 100644 --- a/drivers/base/dd.c +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c @@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * dev) drv->bus->name, dev->bus_id, drv->name); data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!data) + return -ENOMEM; data->drv = drv; data->dev = dev; @@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * dev) probe_task = kthread_run(really_probe, data, "probe-%s", dev->bus_id); if (IS_ERR(probe_task)) - ret = PTR_ERR(probe_task); + ret = really_probe(data); } else ret = really_probe(data); diff --git a/drivers/base/dmapool.c b/drivers/base/dmapool.c index 33c5cce1560b261b767fa56faa410e19ed47d5e4..b2efbd4cf710d9d0ce79474c2280d04c6bbd7c42 100644 --- a/drivers/base/dmapool.c +++ b/drivers/base/dmapool.c @@ -141,11 +141,20 @@ dma_pool_create (const char *name, struct device *dev, init_waitqueue_head (&retval->waitq); if (dev) { + int ret; + down (&pools_lock); if (list_empty (&dev->dma_pools)) - device_create_file (dev, &dev_attr_pools); + ret = device_create_file (dev, &dev_attr_pools); + else + ret = 0; /* note: not currently insisting "name" be unique */ - list_add (&retval->pools, &dev->dma_pools); + if (!ret) + list_add (&retval->pools, &dev->dma_pools); + else { + kfree(retval); + retval = NULL; + } up (&pools_lock); } else INIT_LIST_HEAD (&retval->pools); diff --git a/drivers/base/topology.c b/drivers/base/topology.c index 3ef9d514b916985af339d2af7067903daf9a881e..28dccb730af99032a9bf653990b604df35ff29b9 100644 --- a/drivers/base/topology.c +++ b/drivers/base/topology.c @@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ static struct attribute_group topology_attr_group = { /* Add/Remove cpu_topology interface for CPU device */ static int __cpuinit topology_add_dev(struct sys_device * sys_dev) { - sysfs_create_group(&sys_dev->kobj, &topology_attr_group); - return 0; + return sysfs_create_group(&sys_dev->kobj, &topology_attr_group); } static int __cpuinit topology_remove_dev(struct sys_device * sys_dev) diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c index 146f1dedec844ced95a9055e31e701365b4b241e..298303b5a7169f37402fe45557385e0a43e0ab56 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/file.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c @@ -483,17 +483,12 @@ int sysfs_update_file(struct kobject * kobj, const struct attribute * attr) (victim->d_parent->d_inode == dir->d_inode)) { victim->d_inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME; fsnotify_modify(victim); - - /** - * Drop reference from initial sysfs_get_dentry(). - */ - dput(victim); res = 0; } else d_drop(victim); /** - * Drop the reference acquired from sysfs_get_dentry() above. + * Drop the reference acquired from lookup_one_len() above. */ dput(victim); }