linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] platform/x86: wmi: Fix probe failure when failing to register WMI devices

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Date:   Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:24:04 +0200
From:   Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
To:     Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     markgross@...nel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] platform/x86: wmi: Fix probe failure when failing to
 register WMI devices

Am 12.10.23 um 18:32 schrieb Ilpo Järvinen:

> On Sun, 8 Oct 2023, Armin Wolf wrote:
>
>> When a WMI device besides the first one somehow fails to register, retval
>> is returned while still containing a negative error code. This causes the
>> ACPI device failing to probe, leaving behind zombie WMI devices leading
>> to various errors later.
>> Fix this by handling the single error path separately and return 0 after
>> trying to register all WMI devices. Also continue to register WMI devices
>> even if some fail to allocate.
> I think the usual approach would be to unroll all registerations done so
> far when an error occurs while registering n devices.

I agree, however the surrounding code unrolls only the WMI device registration,
so i kept it that way. After all, this patch focuses on fixing the "zombie" WMI devices
problem, so changing the code to unroll all registrations should be done in a separate
patch IMHO.

Armin Wolf

> Do you Hans have something to add what would be the best course of action
> here?
>