linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: vpd: Tie firmware kobject to device lifetime

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Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:28:25 -0800
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Wei-Ning Huang <wnhuang@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: vpd: Tie firmware kobject to device
 lifetime

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 01:00:44PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> It doesn't make sense to have /sys/firmware/vpd if the device is not
> instantiated, so tie its lifetime to the device.
> 
> Fixes: 049a59db34eb ("firmware: Google VPD sysfs driver")
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

> ---
>  drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c b/drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c
> index 84217172297b..942e358efa60 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c
> @@ -295,7 +295,17 @@ static int vpd_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	return vpd_sections_init(entry.cbmem_addr);
> +	vpd_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("vpd", firmware_kobj);
> +	if (!vpd_kobj)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	ret = vpd_sections_init(entry.cbmem_addr);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		kobject_put(vpd_kobj);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static int vpd_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> @@ -303,6 +313,8 @@ static int vpd_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	vpd_section_destroy(&ro_vpd);
>  	vpd_section_destroy(&rw_vpd);
>  
> +	kobject_put(vpd_kobj);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -322,10 +334,6 @@ static int __init vpd_platform_init(void)
>  	if (IS_ERR(pdev))
>  		return PTR_ERR(pdev);
>  
> -	vpd_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("vpd", firmware_kobj);
> -	if (!vpd_kobj)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> -
>  	platform_driver_register(&vpd_driver);
>  
>  	return 0;
> @@ -333,7 +341,6 @@ static int __init vpd_platform_init(void)
>  
>  static void __exit vpd_platform_exit(void)
>  {
> -	kobject_put(vpd_kobj);
>  }
>  
>  module_init(vpd_platform_init);
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

-- 
Dmitry