linux-kernel - [PATCH 101/104] powerpc/vio: Fix modalias

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Date:	Thu, 10 Oct 2013 08:42:29 -0700
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 101/104] powerpc/vio: Fix modalias_show return values

3.8.13.11 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>

commit e82b89a6f19bae73fb064d1b3dd91fcefbb478f4 upstream.

modalias_show() should return an empty string on error, not -ENODEV.

This causes the following false and annoying error:

> find /sys/devices -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 cat >/dev/null
cat: /sys/devices/vio/4000/modalias: No such device
cat: /sys/devices/vio/4001/modalias: No such device
cat: /sys/devices/vio/4002/modalias: No such device
cat: /sys/devices/vio/4004/modalias: No such device
cat: /sys/devices/vio/modalias: No such device

Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c
index 536016d..2d845d8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c
@@ -1529,11 +1529,15 @@ static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	const char *cp;
 
 	dn = dev->of_node;
-	if (!dn)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	if (!dn) {
+		strcat(buf, "\n");
+		return strlen(buf);
+	}
 	cp = of_get_property(dn, "compatible", NULL);
-	if (!cp)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	if (!cp) {
+		strcat(buf, "\n");
+		return strlen(buf);
+	}
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "vio:T%sS%s\n", vio_dev->type, cp);
 }
-- 
1.8.1.2

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