linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] x86, microcode: Fix sysfs warning during module unload

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Date:	Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:30:38 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] x86, microcode: Fix sysfs warning during module unload

From: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:48:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] x86, microcode: Fix sysfs warning during module unload on unsupported CPUs

Loading microcode driver on an unsupported CPU and subsequently
unloading the driver causes

 WARNING: at fs/sysfs/group.c:138 mc_device_remove+0x5f/0x70 [microcode]()
 Hardware name: 01972NG
 sysfs group ffffffffa00013d0 not found for kobject 'cpu0'
 Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_hda_intel btusb snd_hda_codec bluetooth thinkpad_acpi rfkill microcode(-) [last unloaded: cfg80211]
 Pid: 4560, comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.4.0-rc2-00002-g258f742 #5
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff8103113b>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x7b/0xc0
  [<ffffffff81031235>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x45/0x50
  [<ffffffff81120e74>] ? sysfs_remove_group+0x34/0x120
  [<ffffffffa00000ef>] ? mc_device_remove+0x5f/0x70 [microcode]
  [<ffffffff81331eb9>] ? subsys_interface_unregister+0x69/0xa0
  [<ffffffff81563526>] ? mutex_lock+0x16/0x40
  [<ffffffffa0000c3e>] ? microcode_exit+0x50/0x92 [microcode]
  [<ffffffff8107051d>] ? sys_delete_module+0x16d/0x260
  [<ffffffff810a0065>] ? wait_iff_congested+0x45/0x110
  [<ffffffff815656af>] ? page_fault+0x1f/0x30
  [<ffffffff81565ba2>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

on recent kernels.

This is due to

  commit 8a25a2fd126c621f44f3aeaef80d51f00fc11639
  (cpu: convert 'cpu' and 'machinecheck' sysdev_class to a regular
  subsystem)

which renders

 commit 6c53cbfced048c421e4f72cb2183465f68fbc5e7
 (x86, microcode: Correct sysdev_add error path)

useless.

See http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=133416246406478

Avoid above warning by restoring the old driver behaviour before
commit 6c53cbfced048c421e4f72cb2183465f68fbc5e7 (x86, microcode:
Correct sysdev_add error path)

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@...azian.fsnet.co.uk>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c |    4 +---
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
index 87a0f86..d389e74 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
@@ -419,10 +419,8 @@ static int mc_device_add(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (microcode_init_cpu(cpu) == UCODE_ERROR) {
-		sysfs_remove_group(&dev->kobj, &mc_attr_group);
+	if (microcode_init_cpu(cpu) == UCODE_ERROR)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	return err;
 }
-- 
1.7.8.4

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Boris.

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