linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] xen/mce: don't issue error message for failed /dev/mcelog registration

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:40:59 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        x86@...nel.org
Cc:     boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, tony.luck@...el.com, bp@...en8.de,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] xen/mce: don't issue error message for failed /dev/mcelog registration

When running under Xen as dom0 /dev/mcelog is being registered by Xen
instead of the normal mcelog driver. Avoid an error message being
issued by the mcelog driver in this case. Instead issue an informative
message that Xen has registered the device.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c | 7 ++++++-
 drivers/xen/mcelog.c                    | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c
index 9c632cb88546..43477fd58f38 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c
@@ -388,7 +388,12 @@ static __init int dev_mcelog_init_device(void)
 	/* register character device /dev/mcelog */
 	err = misc_register(&mce_chrdev_device);
 	if (err) {
-		pr_err("Unable to init device /dev/mcelog (rc: %d)\n", err);
+		if (err == -EBUSY)
+			/* Xen dom0 might have registered the device already. */
+			pr_info("Unable to init device /dev/mcelog, already registered");
+		else
+			pr_err("Unable to init device /dev/mcelog (rc: %d)\n",
+			       err);
 		return err;
 	}
 	mce_register_decode_chain(&dev_mcelog_nb);
diff --git a/drivers/xen/mcelog.c b/drivers/xen/mcelog.c
index a493c7315e94..6cc1c15bcd84 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/mcelog.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/mcelog.c
@@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ static int __init xen_late_init_mcelog(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto deregister;
 
+	pr_info("/dev/mcelog registered by Xen\n");
+
 	return 0;
 
 deregister:
-- 
2.12.3