FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drivers: base: handle module_kobject creation" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drivers: base: handle module_kobject creation" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x f95bbfe18512c5c018720468959edac056a17196
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025050547-conduit-flyable-e816@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From f95bbfe18512c5c018720468959edac056a17196 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shyam Saini <shyamsaini@linux.microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:49:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] drivers: base: handle module_kobject creation

module_add_driver() relies on module_kset list for
/sys/module/<built-in-module>/drivers directory creation.

Since,
commit 96a1a2412acba ("kernel/params.c: defer most of param_sysfs_init() to late_initcall time")
drivers which are initialized from subsys_initcall() or any other
higher precedence initcall couldn't find the related kobject entry
in the module_kset list because module_kset is not fully populated
by the time module_add_driver() refers it. As a consequence,
module_add_driver() returns early without calling make_driver_name().
Therefore, /sys/module/<built-in-module>/drivers is never created.

Fix this issue by letting module_add_driver() handle module_kobject
creation itself.

Fixes: 96a1a2412acb ("kernel/params.c: defer most of param_sysfs_init() to late_initcall time")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # requires all other patches from the series
Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: Shyam Saini <shyamsaini@linux.microsoft.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250227184930.34163-5-shyamsaini@linux.microsoft.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>

diff --git a/drivers/base/module.c b/drivers/base/module.c
index 5bc71bea883a..218aaa096455 100644
--- a/drivers/base/module.c
+++ b/drivers/base/module.c
@@ -42,16 +42,13 @@ int module_add_driver(struct module *mod, const struct device_driver *drv)
 	if (mod)
 		mk = &mod->mkobj;
 	else if (drv->mod_name) {
-		struct kobject *mkobj;
-
-		/* Lookup built-in module entry in /sys/modules */
-		mkobj = kset_find_obj(module_kset, drv->mod_name);
-		if (mkobj) {
-			mk = container_of(mkobj, struct module_kobject, kobj);
+		/* Lookup or create built-in module entry in /sys/modules */
+		mk = lookup_or_create_module_kobject(drv->mod_name);
+		if (mk) {
 			/* remember our module structure */
 			drv->p->mkobj = mk;
-			/* kset_find_obj took a reference */
-			kobject_put(mkobj);
+			/* lookup_or_create_module_kobject took a reference */
+			kobject_put(&mk->kobj);
 		}
 	}