linux-kernel - [PATCH] null_blk: Fix error path in module initialization

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Message-Id: <1448545693-22141-1-git-send-email-mhuang@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2015 21:48:13 +0800
From:	Minfei Huang <mhuang@...hat.com>
To:	axboe@...com, m@...rling.me, akinobu.mita@...il.com,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, keith.busch@...el.com, mcgrof@...e.com,
	krinkin.m.u@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] null_blk: Fix error path in module initialization

From: Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@...il.com>

Module couldn't release resource properly during the initialization. To
fix this issue, we will clean up the proper resource before returning.

Signed-off-by: Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@...il.com>
---
 drivers/block/null_blk.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk.c b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
index 5c8ba54..ec99568 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
@@ -780,7 +780,9 @@ out:
 
 static int __init null_init(void)
 {
+	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned int i;
+	struct nullb *nullb;
 
 	if (bs > PAGE_SIZE) {
 		pr_warn("null_blk: invalid block size\n");
@@ -835,22 +837,30 @@ static int __init null_init(void)
 								0, 0, NULL);
 		if (!ppa_cache) {
 			pr_err("null_blk: unable to create ppa cache\n");
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_ppa;
 		}
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_devices; i++) {
-		if (null_add_dev()) {
-			unregister_blkdev(null_major, "nullb");
-			goto err_ppa;
-		}
+		ret = null_add_dev();
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_dev;
 	}
 
 	pr_info("null: module loaded\n");
 	return 0;
+
+err_dev:
+	while (!list_empty(&nullb_list)) {
+		nullb = list_entry(nullb_list.next, struct nullb, list);
+		null_del_dev(nullb);
+	}
+	if (use_lightnvm)
+		kmem_cache_destroy(ppa_cache);
 err_ppa:
-	kmem_cache_destroy(ppa_cache);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	unregister_blkdev(null_major, "nullb");
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit null_exit(void)
-- 
1.8.3.1

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