netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: lan966x: remove debugfs directory in probe() error path

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Message-ID: <20240513114407.t2iqcx7txoxkbnlj@DEN-DL-M31836.microchip.com>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 13:44:07 +0200
From: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>
To: Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com>
CC: <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, "Paolo
 Abeni" <pabeni@...hat.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Allan Nielsen
	<allan.nielsen@...rochip.com>, Steen Hegelund <steen.hegelund@...rochip.com>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: lan966x: remove debugfs directory in probe()
 error path

Hi,

The 05/13/2024 13:18, Herve Codina wrote:
> 
> A debugfs directory entry is create early during probe(). This entry is
> not removed on error path leading to some "already present" issues in
> case of EPROBE_DEFER.
> 
> Create this entry later in the probe() code to avoid the need to change
> many 'return' in 'goto' and add the removal in the already present error
> path.
> 
> Fixes: 942814840127 ("net: lan966x: Add VCAP debugFS support")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

This looks OK to me. As the debugfs_root is used inside lan966x_vcap_init
which is called at the end of the probe.

Reviewed-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c
> index 2635ef8958c8..61d88207eed4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c
> @@ -1087,8 +1087,6 @@ static int lan966x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>         platform_set_drvdata(pdev, lan966x);
>         lan966x->dev = &pdev->dev;
> 
> -       lan966x->debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("lan966x", NULL);
> -
>         if (!device_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, mac_addr)) {
>                 ether_addr_copy(lan966x->base_mac, mac_addr);
>         } else {
> @@ -1179,6 +1177,8 @@ static int lan966x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>                 return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -ENODEV,
>                                      "no ethernet-ports child found\n");
> 
> +       lan966x->debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("lan966x", NULL);
> +
>         /* init switch */
>         lan966x_init(lan966x);
>         lan966x_stats_init(lan966x);
> @@ -1257,6 +1257,8 @@ static int lan966x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>         destroy_workqueue(lan966x->stats_queue);
>         mutex_destroy(&lan966x->stats_lock);
> 
> +       debugfs_remove_recursive(lan966x->debugfs_root);
> +
>         return err;
>  }
> 
> --
> 
> This patch was previously sent as part of a bigger series:
>   https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240430083730.134918-9-herve.codina@bootlin.com/
> As it is a simple fix, this v2 is the patch extracted from the series
> and sent alone to net.
> 
> Changes v1 -> v2
>   Add 'Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>'
> 
> 2.44.0

-- 
/Horatiu