linux-kernel - [PATCH] add_partition silently ignored errors

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Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:22:11 -0700
From:	Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andries Brouwer <aeb@....nl>, Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] add_partition silently ignored errors

Yet another issue where we ignore errors - this needs someone to make sure that
I am passing around the right error codes (and am cleaning up correctly)


[PATCH] add_partition silently ignored errors

Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@...ux.intel.com>

---
 block/ioctl.c         |    5 ++++-
 fs/partitions/check.c |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 include/linux/genhd.h |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 52d6385..bb3933e 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
 				}
 			}
 			/* all seems OK */
-			add_partition(disk, part, start, length, ADDPART_FLAG_NONE);
+			if (add_partition(disk, part, start, length, ADDPART_FLAG_NONE)) {
+				mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+				return -EBUSY;
+			}
 			mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 			return 0;
 		case BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION:
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 722e12e..113ecc0 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -368,13 +368,13 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part)
 	kobject_put(&p->kobj);
 }
 
-void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len, int flags)
+int add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len, int flags)
 {
 	struct hd_struct *p;
 
 	p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!p)
-		return;
+		return -1;
 	
 	p->start_sect = start;
 	p->nr_sects = len;
@@ -390,20 +390,31 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len,
 	p->kobj.parent = &disk->kobj;
 	p->kobj.ktype = &ktype_part;
 	kobject_init(&p->kobj);
-	kobject_add(&p->kobj);
+	if (kobject_add(&p->kobj)) 
+		return -1;
 	if (!disk->part_uevent_suppress)
 		kobject_uevent(&p->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
-	sysfs_create_link(&p->kobj, &block_subsys.kobj, "subsystem");
+	if(sysfs_create_link(&p->kobj, &block_subsys.kobj, "subsystem")) {
+		kobject_del(&p->kobj);
+		kfree(p);
+		return -1;
+	}
 	if (flags & ADDPART_FLAG_WHOLEDISK) {
 		static struct attribute addpartattr = {
 			.name = "whole_disk",
 			.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH,
 		};
 
-		sysfs_create_file(&p->kobj, &addpartattr);
+		if (sysfs_create_file(&p->kobj, &addpartattr)) {
+			kobject_del(&p->kobj);
+			kfree(p);
+			return -1;
+		}
 	}
 	partition_sysfs_add_subdir(p);
 	disk->part[part-1] = p;
+	
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static char *make_block_name(struct gendisk *disk)
@@ -554,8 +565,11 @@ int rescan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev)
 		if (from + size > get_capacity(disk)) {
 			printk(" %s: p%d exceeds device capacity\n",
 				disk->disk_name, p);
+			return -EBUSY;
+		}
+		if(add_partition(disk, p, from, size, state->parts[p].flags)) {
+			return -EBUSY;
 		}
-		add_partition(disk, p, from, size, state->parts[p].flags);
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD
 		if (state->parts[p].flags & ADDPART_FLAG_RAID)
 			md_autodetect_dev(bdev->bd_dev+p);
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index a47b802..ae6af2c 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ struct unixware_disklabel {
 char *disk_name (struct gendisk *hd, int part, char *buf);
 
 extern int rescan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev);
-extern void add_partition(struct gendisk *, int, sector_t, sector_t, int);
+extern int add_partition(struct gendisk *, int, sector_t, sector_t, int);
 extern void delete_partition(struct gendisk *, int);
 extern void printk_all_partitions(void);
 
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