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The -EPROBE_DEFER error path in serial_base_device_init() is a bit
awkward. Before the call to device_initialize(dev) then we need to
manually release all the device resources. And after the call then we
need to call put_device() to release the resources. Doing either one
wrong will result in a leak or a use after free.
So let's wait to return -EPROBE_DEFER until after the call to
device_initialize(dev) so that way callers do not have to handle
-EPROBE_DEFER as a special case. Now callers can just use put_device()
for clean up.
The second issue with the -EPROBE_DEFER path is that deferring is not
supposed to be a fatal error, but instead it's normal part of the
init process and the kernel recovers from it automatically. That means
we should not print an error message but just a debug message on this
path.
Fixes:
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| LICENSES | ||
| arch | ||
| block | ||
| certs | ||
| crypto | ||
| drivers | ||
| fs | ||
| include | ||
| init | ||
| io_uring | ||
| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| rust | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .cocciconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| .rustfmt.toml | ||
| COPYING | ||
| CREDITS | ||
| Kbuild | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| MAINTAINERS | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README | ||
README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.