linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 13/26] powerpc/secvar: Don't print error on ENOENT when reading variables

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Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2023 19:03:48 +1100
From:   Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     ruscur@...sell.cc, bgray@...ux.ibm.com, nayna@...ux.ibm.com,
        gcwilson@...ux.ibm.com, gjoyce@...ux.ibm.com, brking@...ux.ibm.com,
        stefanb@...ux.ibm.com, sudhakar@...ux.ibm.com,
        erichte@...ux.ibm.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zohar@...ux.ibm.com, joel@....id.au,
        npiggin@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH v6 13/26] powerpc/secvar: Don't print error on ENOENT when reading variables

If attempting to read the size or data attributes of a  non-existent
variable (which will be possible after a later patch to expose the PLPKS
via the secvar interface), don't spam the kernel log with error messages.
Only print errors for return codes that aren't ENOENT.

Reported-by: Sudhakar Kuppusamy <sudhakar@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>

---

v3: New patch
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
index 6ba23b2bb9da..eb3c053f323f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ static ssize_t size_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 
 	rc = secvar_ops->get(kobj->name, strlen(kobj->name) + 1, NULL, &dsize);
 	if (rc) {
-		pr_err("Error retrieving %s variable size %d\n", kobj->name,
-		       rc);
+		if (rc != -ENOENT)
+			pr_err("Error retrieving %s variable size %d\n", kobj->name, rc);
 		return rc;
 	}
 
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ static ssize_t data_read(struct file *filep, struct kobject *kobj,
 
 	rc = secvar_ops->get(kobj->name, strlen(kobj->name) + 1, NULL, &dsize);
 	if (rc) {
-		pr_err("Error getting %s variable size %d\n", kobj->name, rc);
+		if (rc != -ENOENT)
+			pr_err("Error getting %s variable size %d\n", kobj->name, rc);
 		return rc;
 	}
 	pr_debug("dsize is %llu\n", dsize);
-- 
2.39.1