linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/10] nvmem: core: fix cell removal on error

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Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:40:13 +0000
From:   Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] nvmem: core: fix cell removal on error

From: Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>

nvmem_add_cells() could return an error after some cells are already
added to the provider. In this case, the added cells are not removed.
Remove any registered cells if nvmem_add_cells() fails.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: fa72d847d68d7 ("nvmem: check the return value of nvmem_add_cells()")
Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/nvmem/core.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index cbe5df99db82..563116405b3d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 	if (config->cells) {
 		rval = nvmem_add_cells(nvmem, config->cells, config->ncells);
 		if (rval)
-			goto err_teardown_compat;
+			goto err_remove_cells;
 	}
 
 	rval = nvmem_add_cells_from_table(nvmem);
@@ -870,7 +870,6 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 
 err_remove_cells:
 	nvmem_device_remove_all_cells(nvmem);
-err_teardown_compat:
 	if (config->compat)
 		nvmem_sysfs_remove_compat(nvmem, config);
 err_put_device:
-- 
2.25.1