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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: print failure information instead of 'KOBJ_ADD' to user space, when sysfs_create_file() fails.
On 07/10/2013 10:35 AM, Chen Gang wrote:
> On 07/10/2013 10:17 AM, Chen Gang F T wrote:
>> On 07/09/2013 04:07 PM, Rusty Russell wrote:
>>> Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com> writes:
>>>> When sysfs_create_file() fails, recommend to print the related failure
>>>> information. And it is useless to still 'KOBJ_ADD' to user space.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>
>>>
>>> sysfs_create_file() should not fail during boot, should it?
>>>
>>
>> Hmm..., please reference locate_module_kobject() in "kernel/params.c",
>> which is an '__init' function, and also call sysfs_create_file(), it
>> processes the related error.
>>
>> So I recommend to get the check too in version_sysfs_builtin().
>>
>
> Oh, also for locate_module_kobject(), if !CONFIG_MODULES, when error
> occurs, it still print the information about "Adding module".
>


> Hmm..., do we need call kobject_get() before kobject_put() in failure
> processing block ?
>

Oh, sorry for what I said for kobject_get/put() items above, it is
incorrect.

What about the diff below for kobject_get() ?

-------------------------------diff begin-------------------------------

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 440e65d..ef8d720 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -754,11 +754,11 @@ static struct module_kobject * __init locate_module_kobject(const char *name)
name, err);
return NULL;
}
-
- /* So that we hold reference in both cases. */
- kobject_get(&mk->kobj);
}

+ /* So that we hold reference in both cases. */
+ kobject_get(&mk->kobj);
+
return mk;
}

-------------------------------diff end---------------------------------
And it also need add additional kobject_put(), if we really need
process the failure in version_sysfs_builtin().

Thanks.

>
> 740 mk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct module_kobject), GFP_KERNEL);
> 741 BUG_ON(!mk);
> 742
> 743 mk->mod = THIS_MODULE;
> 744 mk->kobj.kset = module_kset;
> 745 err = kobject_init_and_add(&mk->kobj, &module_ktype, NULL,
> 746 "%s", name);
> 747 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> 748 if (!err)
> 749 err = sysfs_create_file(&mk->kobj, &module_uevent.attr);
> 750 #endif
> 751 if (err) {
> 752 kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
> 753 pr_crit("Adding module '%s' to sysfs failed (%d), the system may be unstable.\n",
> 754 name, err);
> 755 return NULL;
> 756 }
> 757
> 758 /* So that we hold reference in both cases. */
> 759 kobject_get(&mk->kobj);
> 760 }
> 761
> 762 return mk;
> 763 }
>
>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Rusty.
>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> kernel/params.c | 8 +++++++-
>>>> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
>>>> index 440e65d..f5299c1 100644
>>>> --- a/kernel/params.c
>>>> +++ b/kernel/params.c
>>>> @@ -845,7 +845,13 @@ static void __init version_sysfs_builtin(void)
>>>> mk = locate_module_kobject(vattr->module_name);
>>>> if (mk) {
>>>> err = sysfs_create_file(&mk->kobj, &vattr->mattr.attr);
>>>> - kobject_uevent(&mk->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
>>>> + if (err)
>>>> + printk(KERN_WARNING
>>>> + "%s (%d): sysfs_create_file fail for %s, err: %d\n",
>>>> + __FILE__, __LINE__,
>>>> + vattr->module_name, err);
>>>> + else
>>>> + kobject_uevent(&mk->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
>>>> kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> --
>>>> 1.7.7.6
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Chen Gang


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