From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:49750 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752102AbdLKVyG (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:54:06 -0500 Subject: Patch "firmware: vpd: Tie firmware kobject to device lifetime" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree To: linux@roeck-us.net, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rdunlap@infradead.org Cc: , From: Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 22:52:49 +0100 Message-ID: <1513029169165239@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled firmware: vpd: Tie firmware kobject to device lifetime to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: firmware-vpd-tie-firmware-kobject-to-device-lifetime.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From e4b28b3c3a405b251fa25db58abe1512814a680a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guenter Roeck Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 13:00:44 -0800 Subject: firmware: vpd: Tie firmware kobject to device lifetime From: Guenter Roeck commit e4b28b3c3a405b251fa25db58abe1512814a680a upstream. It doesn't make sense to have /sys/firmware/vpd if the device is not instantiated, so tie its lifetime to the device. Fixes: 049a59db34eb ("firmware: Google VPD sysfs driver") Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck Reviewed-by: Dmitry Torokhov Tested-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c | 19 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/google/vpd.c @@ -295,7 +295,17 @@ static int vpd_probe(struct platform_dev if (ret) return ret; - return vpd_sections_init(entry.cbmem_addr); + vpd_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("vpd", firmware_kobj); + if (!vpd_kobj) + return -ENOMEM; + + ret = vpd_sections_init(entry.cbmem_addr); + if (ret) { + kobject_put(vpd_kobj); + return ret; + } + + return 0; } static int vpd_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) @@ -303,6 +313,8 @@ static int vpd_remove(struct platform_de vpd_section_destroy(&ro_vpd); vpd_section_destroy(&rw_vpd); + kobject_put(vpd_kobj); + return 0; } @@ -322,10 +334,6 @@ static int __init vpd_platform_init(void if (IS_ERR(pdev)) return PTR_ERR(pdev); - vpd_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("vpd", firmware_kobj); - if (!vpd_kobj) - return -ENOMEM; - platform_driver_register(&vpd_driver); return 0; @@ -333,7 +341,6 @@ static int __init vpd_platform_init(void static void __exit vpd_platform_exit(void) { - kobject_put(vpd_kobj); } module_init(vpd_platform_init); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from linux@roeck-us.net are queue-4.14/firmware-vpd-fix-platform-driver-and-device-registration-unregistration.patch queue-4.14/firmware-vpd-destroy-vpd-sections-in-remove-function.patch queue-4.14/firmware-vpd-tie-firmware-kobject-to-device-lifetime.patch