From tglx@linutronix.de Fri Dec 18 12:00:19 2009 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:32:49 -0000 Subject: Driver-core: Fix bogus 0 error return in device_add() Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Kay Sievers Message-ID: <20091210193057.799393067@linutronix.de> Content-Disposition: inline; filename=drivers-base-fix-error-path.patch If device_add() is called with a device which does not have dev->p set up, then device_private_init() is called. If that succeeds, then the error variable is set to 0. Now if the dev_name(dev) check further down fails, then device_add() correctly terminates, but returns 0. That of course lets the driver progress. If later another driver uses this half set up device as parent then device_add() of the child device explodes and renders sysfs completely unusable. Set the error to -EINVAL if dev_name() check fails. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Kay Sievers Cc: "Hans J. Koch" Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/core.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -909,8 +909,10 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev) dev->init_name = NULL; } - if (!dev_name(dev)) + if (!dev_name(dev)) { + error = -EINVAL; goto name_error; + } pr_debug("device: '%s': %s\n", dev_name(dev), __func__);