driver-core: do not register a driver with bus_type not registered
authorDave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:23:22 +0000 (21:23 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:38:25 +0000 (16:38 -0700)
If the bus_type is not registerd, driver_register to that bus will cause oops.

I found this bug when test built-in usb serial drivers (ie. aircable driver)
with 'nousb' cmdline params.

In this patch:
1. set the bus->p=NULL when bus_register failed and unregisterd.
2. if bus->p is NULL, driver_register BUG_ON will be triggered.

Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
drivers/base/bus.c
drivers/base/driver.c

index 8547b78..11463c0 100644 (file)
@@ -932,6 +932,7 @@ bus_uevent_fail:
        kset_unregister(&bus->p->subsys);
        kfree(bus->p);
 out:
+       bus->p = NULL;
        return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_register);
@@ -953,6 +954,7 @@ void bus_unregister(struct bus_type *bus)
        bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent);
        kset_unregister(&bus->p->subsys);
        kfree(bus->p);
+       bus->p = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_unregister);
 
index 1e2bda7..2889ad5 100644 (file)
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
        int ret;
        struct device_driver *other;
 
+       BUG_ON(!drv->bus->p);
+
        if ((drv->bus->probe && drv->probe) ||
            (drv->bus->remove && drv->remove) ||
            (drv->bus->shutdown && drv->shutdown))