[PATCH] powerpc/powernv: don't create OPAL msglog sysfs entry if memcons init fails
Andrew Donnellan
andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com
Thu Feb 18 12:12:54 AEDT 2016
When initialising OPAL interfaces, there is a possibility that
opal_msglog_init() may fail to initialise the msglog/memory console.
Fix opal_msglog_sysfs_init() so it doesn't try to create sysfs entry for
the msglog if this occurs.
Suggested-by: Joel Stanley <joel at jms.id.au>
Fixes: 9b4fffa14906 ("powerpc/powernv: new function to access OPAL msglog")
Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c
index 59fa6e1..39d6ff9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ void __init opal_msglog_init(void)
void __init opal_msglog_sysfs_init(void)
{
+ if (!opal_memcons) {
+ pr_warn("OPAL: message log initialisation failed, not creating sysfs entry\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
if (sysfs_create_bin_file(opal_kobj, &opal_msglog_attr) != 0)
pr_warn("OPAL: sysfs file creation failed\n");
}
--
Andrew Donnellan Software Engineer, OzLabs
andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com Australia Development Lab, Canberra
+61 2 6201 8874 (work) IBM Australia Limited
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