linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] PCI: endpoint: Fix error handling in pci_epc_epf

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Date:   Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:43:33 +0530
From:   Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
To:     Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
CC:     Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Niklas Cassel <niklass@...s.com>, <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] PCI: endpoint: Fix error handling in
 pci_epc_epf_link()



On Thursday 14 December 2017 05:37 PM, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 04:37:22PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>> Hi Niklas,
>>
>> On Tuesday 12 December 2017 07:46 PM, Niklas Cassel wrote:
>>> The error handling in pci_epc_epf_link() is broken,
>>> since the clean up code for pci_epc_add_epf() calls clear_bit(),
>>> even though the matching set_bit() is done after pci_epc_add_epf().
>>>
>>> Also, clear_bit() should be done before pci_epc_remove_epf(),
>>> since clean up code should normally do things in the reverse order.
>>>
>>> Fixes: d74679911610 ("PCI: endpoint: Introduce configfs entry for configuring EP functions")
>>> Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>
>>> Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c | 6 ++----
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c
>>> index 4f74386c1ced..e1f5adc9e113 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c
>>> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int pci_epc_epf_link(struct config_item *epc_item,
>>>  	epf = epf_group->epf;
>>>  	ret = pci_epc_add_epf(epc, epf);
>>>  	if (ret)
>>> -		goto err_add_epf;
>>> +		return ret;
>>
>> Actually the func_no should be populated before invoking pci_epc_add_epf. Once
>> that is done, the error handling should be fine.
> 
> Which means that current code works because pci_epc_add_epf() is called
> with epf->func_no == 0 right ? I agree that the correct fix consists in

that's right Lorenzo.

Thanks
Kishon