On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 05:27:09PM -0700, Rajat Jain wrote:
> device_attach() returning failure indicates a driver error
> while trying to probe the device. In such a scenario, the PCI
> device should still be added in the system and be visible to
> the user.
>
> This patch partially reverts:
> commit ab1a187bba5c ("PCI: Check device_attach() return value always")
>
> Signed-off-by: Rajat Jain <raja...@google.com>
> ---
> drivers/pci/bus.c | 6 +-----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/bus.c b/drivers/pci/bus.c
> index 8e40b3e6da77d..3cef835b375fd 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/bus.c
> @@ -322,12 +322,8 @@ void pci_bus_add_device(struct pci_dev *dev)
>
> dev->match_driver = true;
> retval = device_attach(&dev->dev);
> - if (retval < 0 && retval != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
> + if (retval < 0 && retval != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> pci_warn(dev, "device attach failed (%d)\n", retval);
> - pci_proc_detach_device(dev);
> - pci_remove_sysfs_dev_files(dev);
> - return;
> - }
Nice catch, sysfs stuff shouldn't be dependant if a driver is bound to a
device or not.
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
