[PATCH 2/4] powerpc/vas: Fix cleanup when VAS is not configured

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Tue Feb 13 14:17:07 AEDT 2018


Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> Michael Ellerman [mpe at ellerman.id.au] wrote:
>> Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>> 
>> > When VAS is not configured in the system, make sure to remove
>> > the VAS debugfs directory and unregister the platform driver.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ...
>> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/vas.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/vas.c
>> > index aebbe95..f83e27d8 100644
>> > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/vas.c
>> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/vas.c
>> > @@ -169,8 +169,11 @@ static int __init vas_init(void)
>> >  		found++;
>> >  	}
>> >  
>> > -	if (!found)
>> > +	if (!found) {
>> > +		platform_driver_unregister(&vas_driver);
>> > +		vas_cleanup_dbgdir();
>> >  		return -ENODEV;
>> > +	}
>> 
>> The better patch would be to move the call to vas_init_dbgdir() down
>> here, where we know we have successfully registered the driver.
>
> Well, when VAS is configured, init_vas_instance() expects the top level
> "vas" debugfs dir to already be setup.

OK.

> We could have each init_vas_instance() assume it is the first and
> unconditionally call vas_init_dbgdir(). vas_init_dbgdir() could make
> sure to initialize only once.

Yeah that looks like a good solution.

cheers


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