Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] uio_hv_generic: Fix sysfs creation path for ring buffer

Naman Jain
2025-04-15T16:21:50Z

On 4/15/2025 9:44 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 09:24:16PM +0530, Naman Jain wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 4/15/2025 8:40 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 11:38:46AM +0530, Naman Jain wrote:
>>>> On regular bootup, devices get registered to VMBus first, so when
>>>> uio_hv_generic driver for a particular device type is probed,
>>>> the device is already initialized and added, so sysfs creation in
>>>> uio_hv_generic probe works fine. However, when device is removed
>>>> and brought back, the channel rescinds and device again gets
>>>> registered to VMBus. However this time, the uio_hv_generic driver is
>>>> already registered to probe for that device and in this case sysfs
>>>> creation is tried before the device's kobject gets initialized
>>>> completely.
>>>>
>>>> Fix this by moving the core logic of sysfs creation for ring buffer,
>>>> from uio_hv_generic to HyperV's VMBus driver, where rest of the sysfs
>>>> attributes for the channels are defined. While doing that, make use
>>>> of attribute groups and macros, instead of creating sysfs directly,
>>>> to ensure better error handling and code flow.
>>>>
>>>> Problem path:
>>>> vmbus_process_offer (new offer comes for the VMBus device)
>>>> vmbus_add_channel_work
>>>> vmbus_device_register
>>>> |-> device_register
>>>> | |...
>>>> | |-> hv_uio_probe
>>>> | |...
>>>> | |-> sysfs_create_bin_file (leads to a warning as
>>>> | primary channel's kobject, which is used to
>>>> | create sysfs is not yet initialized)
>>>> |-> kset_create_and_add
>>>> |-> vmbus_add_channel_kobj (initialization of primary channel's
>>>> kobject happens later)
>>>>
>>>> Above code flow is sequential and the warning is always reproducible in
>>>> this path.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: 9ab877a6ccf8 ("uio_hv_generic: make ring buffer attribute for primary channel")
>>>> Cc: stable@kernel.org
>>>> Suggested-by: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@linux.microsoft.com>
>>>> Suggested-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Naman Jain <namjain@linux.microsoft.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h | 6 ++
>>>> drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>> drivers/uio/uio_hv_generic.c | 39 ++++++-------
>>>> include/linux/hyperv.h | 6 ++
>>>> 4 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> Always run checkpatch on a patch before submitting it for review :(
>>>
>>
>> Hi Greg,
>> I verified again and I could not see checkpatch warnings with patch 1,2.
>> There was a warning regarding length of characters for link to previous
>> versions in the cover letter but I ignored it.
>>
>> I tried on latest linux-next tip with this series fetched from lore using
>> b4. I'm sorry, if I am missing something, but can you please try again.
>
> I've pointed out the first thing that I noticed, thanks.
>

I'll correct it and send the series again shortly. Thanks for catching
this.

Regards,
Naman