linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/13] nvdimm/blk: avoid calling del

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Message-ID: <20211103160547.GD31562@lst.de>
Date:   Wed, 3 Nov 2021 17:05:47 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/13] nvdimm/blk: avoid calling del_gendisk() on
 early failures

On Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 05:21:48AM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> If nd_integrity_init() fails we'd get del_gendisk() called,
> but that's not correct as we should only call that if we're
> done with device_add_disk(). Fix this by providing unwinding
> prior to the devm call being registered and moving the devm
> registration to the very end.
> 
> This should fix calling del_gendisk() if nd_integrity_init()
> fails. I only spotted this issue through code inspection. It
> does not fix any real world bug.

Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

Should this grow a Fixes tag for the commit adding the problem?