Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757528Ab3JJPto (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:49:44 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:52992 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754810Ab3JJPtm (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:49:42 -0400 From: Kamal Mostafa To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Prarit Bhargava , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Kamal Mostafa Subject: [PATCH 101/104] powerpc/vio: Fix modalias_show return values Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 08:42:29 -0700 Message-Id: <1381419752-29733-102-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.1.2 In-Reply-To: <1381419752-29733-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> References: <1381419752-29733-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Extended-Stable: 3.8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1779 Lines: 58 3.8.13.11 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Prarit Bhargava commit e82b89a6f19bae73fb064d1b3dd91fcefbb478f4 upstream. modalias_show() should return an empty string on error, not -ENODEV. This causes the following false and annoying error: > find /sys/devices -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 cat >/dev/null cat: /sys/devices/vio/4000/modalias: No such device cat: /sys/devices/vio/4001/modalias: No such device cat: /sys/devices/vio/4002/modalias: No such device cat: /sys/devices/vio/4004/modalias: No such device cat: /sys/devices/vio/modalias: No such device Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa --- arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c index 536016d..2d845d8 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c @@ -1529,11 +1529,15 @@ static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char *cp; dn = dev->of_node; - if (!dn) - return -ENODEV; + if (!dn) { + strcat(buf, "\n"); + return strlen(buf); + } cp = of_get_property(dn, "compatible", NULL); - if (!cp) - return -ENODEV; + if (!cp) { + strcat(buf, "\n"); + return strlen(buf); + } return sprintf(buf, "vio:T%sS%s\n", vio_dev->type, cp); } -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/