linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 119/193] mtd: Avoid probe failures when mtd->dbg.dfs

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Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:26:06 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, "Mario J. Rugiero" <mrugiero@...il.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 119/193] mtd: Avoid probe failures when mtd->dbg.dfs_dir is invalid

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

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

From: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>

commit 1530578abdac4edce9244c7a1962ded3ffdb58ce upstream.

Commit e8e3edb95ce6 ("mtd: create per-device and module-scope debugfs
entries") tried to make MTD related debugfs stuff consistent across the
MTD framework by creating a root <debugfs>/mtd/ directory containing
one directory per MTD device.

The problem is that, by default, the MTD layer only registers the
master device if no partitions are defined for this master. This
behavior breaks all drivers that expect mtd->dbg.dfs_dir to be filled
correctly after calling mtd_device_register() in order to add their own
debugfs entries.

The only way we can force all MTD masters to be registered no matter if
they expose partitions or not is by enabling the
CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER option.

In such situations, there's no other solution but to accept skipping
debugfs initialization when dbg.dfs_dir is invalid, and when this
happens, inform the user that he should consider enabling
CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER.

Fixes: e8e3edb95ce6 ("mtd: create per-device and module-scope debugfs entries")
Cc: Mario J. Rugiero <mrugiero@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Reported-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/mtd/devices/docg3.c |    7 ++++++-
 drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c  |   13 +++++++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/docg3.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/docg3.c
@@ -1814,8 +1814,13 @@ static void __init doc_dbg_register(stru
 	struct dentry *root = floor->dbg.dfs_dir;
 	struct docg3 *docg3 = floor->priv;

-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root))
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root)) {
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) &&
+		    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER))
+			dev_warn(floor->dev.parent,
+				 "CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER must be enabled to expose debugfs stuff\n");
 		return;
+	}

 	debugfs_create_file("docg3_flashcontrol", S_IRUSR, root, docg3,
 			    &flashcontrol_fops);
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
@@ -520,11 +520,16 @@ static int nandsim_debugfs_create(struct
 	struct dentry *root = nsmtd->dbg.dfs_dir;
 	struct dentry *dent;

-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS))
+	/*
+	 * Just skip debugfs initialization when the debugfs directory is
+	 * missing.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root)) {
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) &&
+		    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER))
+			NS_WARN("CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER must be enabled to expose debugfs stuff\n");
 		return 0;
-
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root))
-		return -1;
+	}

 	dent = debugfs_create_file("nandsim_wear_report", S_IRUSR,
 				   root, dev, &dfs_fops);