linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/6] coresight: Propagate symlink failure

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Date:   Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:59:01 -0600
From:   Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] coresight: Propagate symlink failure

From: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>

If the symlink is unable to be created, the driver goes
ahead and continues device creation. Instead lets propagate
the failure, and fail the probe.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210526204042.2681700-1-jeremy.linton@arm.com
Fixes: 8a7365c2d418 ("coresight: Expose device connections via sysfs")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
index 3cb8680c5828..1002605db8ba 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ static int coresight_fixup_device_conns(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int coresight_remove_match(struct device *dev, void *data)
-- 
2.25.1