linux-kernel - [PATCH] chardev: fix error handling in cdev_device

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Date:   Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:09:15 +0800
From:   Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH] chardev: fix error handling in cdev_device_add()

If dev->devt is not set, cdev_device_add() will not add the cdev,
when device_add failed, cdev_del() is not needed, so delete cdev
only when dev->devt is set.

Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@...wei.com>
Fixes: 233ed09d7fda ("chardev: add helper function to register...")
Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
---
 fs/char_dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index ba0ded7842a7..3f667292608c 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ int cdev_device_add(struct cdev *cdev, struct device *dev)
 	}
 
 	rc = device_add(dev);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc && dev->devt)
 		cdev_del(cdev);
 
 	return rc;
-- 
2.25.1