linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 7/8] Staging: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in error handling in vmbus_bus

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Message-ID: <6E21E5352C11B742B20C142EB499E04808194C98@TK5EX14MBXC126.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:10:44 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
CC:	"gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.osdl.org" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 7/8] Staging: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in error handling in
 vmbus_bus_init()



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sasha Levin [mailto:levinsasha928@...il.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 9:26 AM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: gregkh@...e.de; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> devel@...uxdriverproject.org; virtualization@...ts.osdl.org; Haiyang Zhang
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] Staging: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in error handling in
> vmbus_bus_init()
> 
> On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 15:12 -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > Fix a bug in error handling in vmbus_bus_init().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> > ---
> 
> vmbus_bus_init() has a 'cleanup' label which is used just for returning,
> while the cleanup logic is replicated all over the code.
> 
> Can't we just move all of it to the cleanup label?

These are in  two different functions - vmbus_bus_init(),  hv_acpi_init().
 hv_cleanup() rolls back state established in hv_init(). I could look at 
cleaning up the error handling code.

Regards,

K. Y


> 
> >  drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c |    6 +++++-
> >  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> > index f20ab9a..0b0bff3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> > @@ -463,8 +463,10 @@ static int vmbus_bus_init(int irq)
> >  	tasklet_init(&event_dpc, vmbus_on_event, 0);
> >
> >  	ret = bus_register(&hv_bus);
> > -	if (ret)
> > +	if (ret) {
> > +		hv_cleanup();
> >  		return ret;
> > +	}
> >
> >  	ret = request_irq(irq, vmbus_isr, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM,
> >  			driver_name, hv_acpi_dev);
> > @@ -473,6 +475,7 @@ static int vmbus_bus_init(int irq)
> >  		pr_err("Unable to request IRQ %d\n",
> >  			   irq);
> >
> > +		hv_cleanup();
> >  		bus_unregister(&hv_bus);
> >
> >  		return ret;
> > @@ -487,6 +490,7 @@ static int vmbus_bus_init(int irq)
> >  	on_each_cpu(hv_synic_init, (void *)&vector, 1);
> >  	ret = vmbus_connect();
> >  	if (ret) {
> > +		hv_cleanup();
> >  		free_irq(irq, hv_acpi_dev);
> >  		bus_unregister(&hv_bus);
> >  		return ret;
> 
> --
> 
> Sasha.
> 

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