If the device_add() for a smcd_dev fails, there's no cleanup step that
rolls back the earlier list_add(). The device subsequently gets freed,
and we end up with a corrupted list.
Add some error handling that removes the device from the list.
Fixes: c6ba7c9ba43d ("net/smc: add base infrastructure for SMC-D and ISM")
Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Karsten Graul <kgraul@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
int smcd_register_dev(struct smcd_dev *smcd)
{
+ int rc;
+
mutex_lock(&smcd_dev_list.mutex);
if (list_empty(&smcd_dev_list.list)) {
u8 *system_eid = NULL;
dev_name(&smcd->dev), smcd->pnetid,
smcd->pnetid_by_user ? " (user defined)" : "");
- return device_add(&smcd->dev);
+ rc = device_add(&smcd->dev);
+ if (rc) {
+ mutex_lock(&smcd_dev_list.mutex);
+ list_del(&smcd->list);
+ mutex_unlock(&smcd_dev_list.mutex);
+ }
+
+ return rc;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smcd_register_dev);