FAILED: patch "[PATCH] hwmon: (pmbus) Check return value from pmbus_thermal_add_sensor()" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-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-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 11dfbd835b17b75f7cc7a4a969f33ff702b1b081
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '20261109201619-failed-6.1-11dfbd835b17@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' 'HEAD^..'

Thanks,
Sasha

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

From 11dfbd835b17b75f7cc7a4a969f33ff702b1b081 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:34:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (pmbus) Check return value from
 pmbus_thermal_add_sensor()

During PMBus device probe, if registering a temperature sensor with the
thermal subsystem fails, pmbus_add_sensor() silently ignores the error and
returns success.
When a valid temperature sensor is detected (class PSC_TEMPERATURE and type
"input"), pmbus_add_sensor() invokes pmbus_thermal_add_sensor() to hook it
into the kernel's thermal framework. However, the return value of this call
is completely discarded. If thermal registration fails, such as from an
-ENOMEM allocation failure or an invalid device tree configuration like a
malformed #thermal-sensor-cells property, no error is propagated.

Because the hardware monitor probe falsely succeeds despite the failure to
register the thermal zone, the system is left without thermal mitigation
for the affected PMBus device. This silently blinds the system to actual
PMIC temperatures, preventing the execution of necessary cooling mechanisms
or emergency shutdowns and risking localized overheating.

Pass the return value from pmbus_thermal_add_sensor() to the calling code
to fix the problem. To enable passing the actual error, change the error
return from pmbus_add_sensor() from NULL to ERR_PTR() and extract the error
from in the calling code.

Fixes: 3aa74796cfd0 ("hwmon: (pmbus) Register with thermal for PSC_TEMPERATURE")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
---
 drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
index af13408c62f9b..9bccbf41c8844 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/pmbus_core.c
@@ -1551,10 +1551,11 @@ static struct pmbus_sensor *pmbus_add_sensor(struct pmbus_data *data,
 {
 	struct sensor_device_attribute *a;
 	struct pmbus_sensor *sensor;
+	int err;
 
 	sensor = devm_kzalloc(data->dev, sizeof(*sensor), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sensor)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	a = &sensor->attribute;
 
 	if (type)
@@ -1579,14 +1580,17 @@ static struct pmbus_sensor *pmbus_add_sensor(struct pmbus_data *data,
 			pmbus_set_sensor, -1);
 
 	if (pmbus_add_attribute(data, &a->dev_attr.attr))
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	sensor->next = data->sensors;
 	data->sensors = sensor;
 
 	/* temperature sensors with _input values are registered with thermal */
-	if (class == PSC_TEMPERATURE && strcmp(type, "input") == 0)
-		pmbus_thermal_add_sensor(data, sensor, seq);
+	if (class == PSC_TEMPERATURE && strcmp(type, "input") == 0) {
+		err = pmbus_thermal_add_sensor(data, sensor, seq);
+		if (err)
+			return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
 
 	return sensor;
 }
@@ -1687,8 +1691,8 @@ static int pmbus_add_limit_attrs(struct i2c_client *client,
 						page, 0xff, l->reg, attr->class,
 						attr->update || l->update,
 						l->readonly, l->writeonly, true);
-			if (!curr)
-				return -ENOMEM;
+			if (IS_ERR(curr))
+				return PTR_ERR(curr);
 			if (l->sbit && (info->func[page] & attr->sfunc)) {
 				ret = pmbus_add_boolean(data, name,
 					l->alarm, index,
@@ -1727,8 +1731,8 @@ static int pmbus_add_sensor_attrs_one(struct i2c_client *client,
 	}
 	base = pmbus_add_sensor(data, name, "input", index, page, phase,
 				attr->reg, attr->class, true, true, false, true);
-	if (!base)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(base))
+		return PTR_ERR(base);
 	/* No limit and alarm attributes for phase specific sensors */
 	if (attr->sfunc && phase == 0xff) {
 		ret = pmbus_add_limit_attrs(client, data, info, name,
@@ -2401,8 +2405,8 @@ static int pmbus_add_fan_ctrl(struct i2c_client *client,
 				  0xff, PMBUS_VIRT_FAN_TARGET_1 + id, PSC_FAN,
 				  false, false, false, true);
 
-	if (!sensor)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(sensor))
+		return PTR_ERR(sensor);
 
 	if (!((data->info->func[page] & PMBUS_HAVE_PWM12) ||
 	      (data->info->func[page] & PMBUS_HAVE_PWM34)))
@@ -2412,15 +2416,15 @@ static int pmbus_add_fan_ctrl(struct i2c_client *client,
 				  0xff, PMBUS_VIRT_PWM_1 + id, PSC_PWM,
 				  false, false, false, true);
 
-	if (!sensor)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(sensor))
+		return PTR_ERR(sensor);
 
 	sensor = pmbus_add_sensor(data, "pwm", "enable", index, page,
 				  0xff, PMBUS_VIRT_PWM_ENABLE_1 + id, PSC_PWM,
 				  true, false, false, false);
 
-	if (!sensor)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(sensor))
+		return PTR_ERR(sensor);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2437,6 +2441,7 @@ static int pmbus_add_fan_attributes(struct i2c_client *client,
 		int f;
 
 		for (f = 0; f < ARRAY_SIZE(pmbus_fan_registers); f++) {
+			struct pmbus_sensor *sensor;
 			int regval;
 
 			if (!(info->func[page] & pmbus_fan_flags[f]))
@@ -2457,10 +2462,11 @@ static int pmbus_add_fan_attributes(struct i2c_client *client,
 			    (!(regval & (PB_FAN_1_INSTALLED >> ((f & 1) * 4)))))
 				continue;
 
-			if (pmbus_add_sensor(data, "fan", "input", index,
-					     page, 0xff, pmbus_fan_registers[f],
-					     PSC_FAN, true, true, false, true) == NULL)
-				return -ENOMEM;
+			sensor = pmbus_add_sensor(data, "fan", "input", index,
+						  page, 0xff, pmbus_fan_registers[f],
+						  PSC_FAN, true, true, false, true);
+			if (IS_ERR(sensor))
+				return PTR_ERR(sensor);
 
 			/* Fan control */
 			if (pmbus_check_word_register(client, page,
-- 
2.53.0