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Message-Id: <16a2442ea6ee896987a44df3ed509e4cfde44475.1714762038.git.namcao@linutronix.de>
Date: Fri,  3 May 2024 21:23:21 +0200
From: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Rajesh Shah <rajesh.shah@...el.com>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] PCI: hotplug: document unchecked return value of pci_hp_add_bridge()

Some hotplug drivers do not check the returned value of
pci_hp_add_bridge(). This may be probmatic if the driver proceed while
pci_hp_add_bridge() fails.

Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>
---
 drivers/pci/hotplug/TODO | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/TODO b/drivers/pci/hotplug/TODO
index fdb8dd6ea24d..f0a1746c3c88 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/TODO
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/TODO
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ cpcihp:
   ->set_power callbacks in struct cpci_hp_controller_ops.  Why were they
   introduced?  Can they be removed from the struct?
 
+* Returned code from pci_hp_add_bridge() is not checked.
+
 cpqphp:
 
 * The driver spawns a kthread cpqhp_event_thread() which is woken by the
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ cpqphp:
 * A large portion of cpqphp_ctrl.c and cpqphp_pci.c concerns resource
   management.  Doesn't this duplicate functionality in the core?
 
+* Returned code from pci_hp_add_bridge() is not checked.
+
 ibmphp:
 
 * Implementations of hotplug_slot_ops callbacks such as get_adapter_present()
@@ -43,6 +47,8 @@ ibmphp:
 * A large portion of ibmphp_res.c and ibmphp_pci.c concerns resource
   management.  Doesn't this duplicate functionality in the core?
 
+* Returned code from pci_hp_add_bridge() is not checked.
+
 sgi_hotplug:
 
 * Several functions access the pci_slot member in struct hotplug_slot even
-- 
2.39.2


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