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Date: Thu,  8 Feb 2024 16:02:50 +0000
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>,
	Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "kobject: Remove redundant checks for whether ktype is NULL"

This reverts commit 1b28cb81dab7c1eedc6034206f4e8d644046ad31.

It is reported to cause problems, so revert it for now until the root
cause can be found.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>
Fixes: 1b28cb81dab7 ("kobject: Remove redundant checks for whether ktype is NULL")
Cc: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202402071403.e302e33a-oliver.sang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 lib/kobject.c | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 59dbcbdb1c91..72fa20f405f1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = sysfs_create_groups(kobj, ktype->default_groups);
-	if (error) {
-		sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
-		return error;
+	if (ktype) {
+		error = sysfs_create_groups(kobj, ktype->default_groups);
+		if (error) {
+			sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
+			return error;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -589,7 +591,8 @@ static void __kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
 	sd = kobj->sd;
 	ktype = get_ktype(kobj);
 
-	sysfs_remove_groups(kobj, ktype->default_groups);
+	if (ktype)
+		sysfs_remove_groups(kobj, ktype->default_groups);
 
 	/* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
 	if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
@@ -666,6 +669,10 @@ static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
 	pr_debug("'%s' (%p): %s, parent %p\n",
 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__, kobj->parent);
 
+	if (t && !t->release)
+		pr_debug("'%s' (%p): does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. See Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst.\n",
+			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
+
 	/* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
 	if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
 		pr_debug("'%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
@@ -676,13 +683,10 @@ static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
 		parent = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (t->release) {
+	if (t && t->release) {
 		pr_debug("'%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
 		t->release(kobj);
-	} else {
-		pr_debug("'%s' (%p): does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. See Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst.\n",
-			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
 	}
 
 	/* free name if we allocated it */
@@ -1056,7 +1060,7 @@ const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_child_ns_ops(const struct kobject *pa
 {
 	const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops = NULL;
 
-	if (parent && parent->ktype->child_ns_type)
+	if (parent && parent->ktype && parent->ktype->child_ns_type)
 		ops = parent->ktype->child_ns_type(parent);
 
 	return ops;
-- 
2.43.0


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