linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/gvt: return error when failing to take the module reference

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Date:   Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:01:57 +0800
From:   Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@...wei.com>
Cc:     airlied@...ux.ie, daniel@...ll.ch, chenzhou10@...wei.com,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, zhenyuw@...ux.intel.com,
        intel-gvt-dev@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/gvt: return error when failing to take the
 module reference

On 2020.11.12 21:22:32 +0800, Xiongfeng Wang wrote:
> When we fail to take the module reference, we go to the 'undo*' branch and
> return. But the returned variable 'ret' has been set as zero by the
> above code. Change 'ret' to '-ENODEV' in this situation.
> 
> Fixes: 9bdb073464d6 ("drm/i915/gvt: Change KVMGT as self load module")
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
> index ad8a9df..778eb8c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c
> @@ -829,8 +829,10 @@ static int intel_vgpu_open(struct mdev_device *mdev)
>  	/* Take a module reference as mdev core doesn't take
>  	 * a reference for vendor driver.
>  	 */
> -	if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
> +	if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE)) {
> +		ret = -ENODEV;
>  		goto undo_group;
> +	}
>  
>  	ret = kvmgt_guest_init(mdev);
>  	if (ret)
> -- 

Thanks for the fix!

Reviewed-by: Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@...ux.intel.com>

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