FAILED: patch "[PATCH] platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix sysfs group cleanup" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-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-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 4f30f946f27b7f044cf8f3f1f353dee1dcd3517a
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025070829-barometer-imagines-9277@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 4f30f946f27b7f044cf8f3f1f353dee1dcd3517a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:31:21 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix sysfs group cleanup
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Many error paths in tlmi_sysfs_init() lead to sysfs groups being removed
when they were not even created.

Fix this by letting the kobject core manage these groups through their
kobj_type's defult_groups.

Fixes: a40cd7ef22fb ("platform/x86: think-lmi: Add WMI interface support on Lenovo platforms")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250630-lmi-fix-v3-3-ce4f81c9c481@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
index 69f361f21f0f..b73b84fdb15e 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
@@ -973,6 +973,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group auth_attr_group = {
 	.is_visible = auth_attr_is_visible,
 	.attrs = auth_attrs,
 };
+__ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(auth_attr);
 
 /* ---- Attributes sysfs --------------------------------------------------------- */
 static ssize_t display_name_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
@@ -1188,6 +1189,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group tlmi_attr_group = {
 	.is_visible = attr_is_visible,
 	.attrs = tlmi_attrs,
 };
+__ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(tlmi_attr);
 
 static void tlmi_attr_setting_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
@@ -1207,11 +1209,13 @@ static void tlmi_pwd_setting_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 static const struct kobj_type tlmi_attr_setting_ktype = {
 	.release        = &tlmi_attr_setting_release,
 	.sysfs_ops	= &kobj_sysfs_ops,
+	.default_groups = tlmi_attr_groups,
 };
 
 static const struct kobj_type tlmi_pwd_setting_ktype = {
 	.release        = &tlmi_pwd_setting_release,
 	.sysfs_ops	= &kobj_sysfs_ops,
+	.default_groups = auth_attr_groups,
 };
 
 static ssize_t pending_reboot_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
@@ -1381,14 +1385,8 @@ static struct kobj_attribute debug_cmd = __ATTR_WO(debug_cmd);
 static void tlmi_release_attr(void)
 {
 	struct kobject *pos, *n;
-	int i;
 
 	/* Attribute structures */
-	for (i = 0; i < TLMI_SETTINGS_COUNT; i++) {
-		if (tlmi_priv.setting[i]) {
-			sysfs_remove_group(&tlmi_priv.setting[i]->kobj, &tlmi_attr_group);
-		}
-	}
 	sysfs_remove_file(&tlmi_priv.attribute_kset->kobj, &pending_reboot.attr);
 	sysfs_remove_file(&tlmi_priv.attribute_kset->kobj, &save_settings.attr);
 
@@ -1405,15 +1403,6 @@ static void tlmi_release_attr(void)
 	kfree(tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->save_signature);
 
 	/* Authentication structures */
-	sysfs_remove_group(&tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->kobj, &auth_attr_group);
-	sysfs_remove_group(&tlmi_priv.pwd_power->kobj, &auth_attr_group);
-
-	if (tlmi_priv.opcode_support) {
-		sysfs_remove_group(&tlmi_priv.pwd_system->kobj, &auth_attr_group);
-		sysfs_remove_group(&tlmi_priv.pwd_hdd->kobj, &auth_attr_group);
-		sysfs_remove_group(&tlmi_priv.pwd_nvme->kobj, &auth_attr_group);
-	}
-
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, &tlmi_priv.authentication_kset->list, entry)
 		kobject_put(pos);
 
@@ -1484,10 +1473,6 @@ static int tlmi_sysfs_init(void)
 					   NULL, "%s", tlmi_priv.setting[i]->display_name);
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail_create_attr;
-
-		ret = sysfs_create_group(&tlmi_priv.setting[i]->kobj, &tlmi_attr_group);
-		if (ret)
-			goto fail_create_attr;
 	}
 
 	ret = sysfs_create_file(&tlmi_priv.attribute_kset->kobj, &pending_reboot.attr);
@@ -1511,20 +1496,12 @@ static int tlmi_sysfs_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail_create_attr;
 
-	ret = sysfs_create_group(&tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->kobj, &auth_attr_group);
-	if (ret)
-		goto fail_create_attr;
-
 	tlmi_priv.pwd_power->kobj.kset = tlmi_priv.authentication_kset;
 	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&tlmi_priv.pwd_power->kobj, &tlmi_pwd_setting_ktype,
 				   NULL, "%s", "Power-on");
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail_create_attr;
 
-	ret = sysfs_create_group(&tlmi_priv.pwd_power->kobj, &auth_attr_group);
-	if (ret)
-		goto fail_create_attr;
-
 	if (tlmi_priv.opcode_support) {
 		tlmi_priv.pwd_system->kobj.kset = tlmi_priv.authentication_kset;
 		ret = kobject_init_and_add(&tlmi_priv.pwd_system->kobj, &tlmi_pwd_setting_ktype,
@@ -1532,29 +1509,17 @@ static int tlmi_sysfs_init(void)
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail_create_attr;
 
-		ret = sysfs_create_group(&tlmi_priv.pwd_system->kobj, &auth_attr_group);
-		if (ret)
-			goto fail_create_attr;
-
 		tlmi_priv.pwd_hdd->kobj.kset = tlmi_priv.authentication_kset;
 		ret = kobject_init_and_add(&tlmi_priv.pwd_hdd->kobj, &tlmi_pwd_setting_ktype,
 					   NULL, "%s", "HDD");
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail_create_attr;
 
-		ret = sysfs_create_group(&tlmi_priv.pwd_hdd->kobj, &auth_attr_group);
-		if (ret)
-			goto fail_create_attr;
-
 		tlmi_priv.pwd_nvme->kobj.kset = tlmi_priv.authentication_kset;
 		ret = kobject_init_and_add(&tlmi_priv.pwd_nvme->kobj, &tlmi_pwd_setting_ktype,
 					   NULL, "%s", "NVMe");
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail_create_attr;
-
-		ret = sysfs_create_group(&tlmi_priv.pwd_nvme->kobj, &auth_attr_group);
-		if (ret)
-			goto fail_create_attr;
 	}
 
 	return ret;