linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/4] pstore/blk: Improve failure reporting

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Date:   Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:21:18 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, gmpy.liaowx@...il.com,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] pstore/blk: Improve failure reporting

There was no feedback on bad registration attempts. Add details on the
failure cause.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 fs/pstore/blk.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/pstore/blk.c b/fs/pstore/blk.c
index 4bb8a344957a..91d7a848c85b 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/blk.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/blk.c
@@ -114,8 +114,19 @@ static int __register_pstore_device(struct pstore_device_info *dev)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&pstore_blk_lock);
 
-	if (!dev || !dev->total_size || !dev->read || !dev->write)
+	if (!dev || !dev->total_size || !dev->read || !dev->write) {
+		if (!dev)
+			pr_err("NULL device info\n");
+		else {
+			if (!dev->total_size)
+				pr_err("zero sized device\n");
+			if (!dev->read)
+				pr_err("no read handler for device\n");
+			if (!dev->write)
+				pr_err("no write handler for device\n");
+		}
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* someone already registered before */
 	if (pstore_zone_info)
-- 
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