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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
	Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y] hv: utils: handle and propagate errors in kvp_register
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:35:50 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260616173550.3401658-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026061505-another-sensually-b0cb@gregkh>

From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>

[ Upstream commit 3fcf923302a8f5c0dc3af3d2ca2657cb5fae4297 ]

Make kvp_register() return an error code instead of silently ignoring
failures, and propagate the error from kvp_handle_handshake() instead of
returning success.

This propagates both kzalloc_obj() and hvutil_transport_send() failures
to kvp_handle_handshake() and thus to kvp_on_msg().

Fixes: 245ba56a52a3 ("Staging: hv: Implement key/value pair (KVP)")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
index 2908fbb88f59a2..5431afcd577a39 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void kvp_send_key(struct work_struct *dummy);
 static void kvp_respond_to_host(struct hv_kvp_msg *msg, int error);
 static void kvp_timeout_func(struct work_struct *dummy);
 static void kvp_host_handshake_func(struct work_struct *dummy);
-static void kvp_register(int);
+static int kvp_register(int);
 
 static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(kvp_timeout_work, kvp_timeout_func);
 static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(kvp_host_handshake_work, kvp_host_handshake_func);
@@ -127,24 +127,26 @@ static void kvp_register_done(void)
 	hv_poll_channel(kvp_transaction.recv_channel, kvp_poll_wrapper);
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 kvp_register(int reg_value)
 {
 
 	struct hv_kvp_msg *kvp_msg;
 	char *version;
+	int ret;
 
 	kvp_msg = kzalloc(sizeof(*kvp_msg), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!kvp_msg)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (kvp_msg) {
-		version = kvp_msg->body.kvp_register.version;
-		kvp_msg->kvp_hdr.operation = reg_value;
-		strcpy(version, HV_DRV_VERSION);
+	version = kvp_msg->body.kvp_register.version;
+	kvp_msg->kvp_hdr.operation = reg_value;
+	strcpy(version, HV_DRV_VERSION);
 
-		hvutil_transport_send(hvt, kvp_msg, sizeof(*kvp_msg),
-				      kvp_register_done);
-		kfree(kvp_msg);
-	}
+	ret = hvutil_transport_send(hvt, kvp_msg, sizeof(*kvp_msg),
+				    kvp_register_done);
+	kfree(kvp_msg);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void kvp_timeout_func(struct work_struct *dummy)
@@ -186,9 +188,8 @@ static int kvp_handle_handshake(struct hv_kvp_msg *msg)
 	 */
 	pr_debug("KVP: userspace daemon ver. %d connected\n",
 		 msg->kvp_hdr.operation);
-	kvp_register(dm_reg_value);
 
-	return 0;
+	return kvp_register(dm_reg_value);
 }
 
 
-- 
2.53.0


      reply	other threads:[~2026-06-16 17:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-15 14:33 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] hv: utils: handle and propagate errors in kvp_register" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
2026-06-16 17:35 ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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