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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-01-10 22:32:57 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-01-10 22:32:57 +0300
commit5ba13c1c4d848870ed4d25e411ac567c473686f0 (patch)
treefa97d70106d584fb63917469396a8b197c5a6e5e /kernel
parent133d9c53c9dcbb1b8f317e402e79c44d9eb725c9 (diff)
parent5abb065dca7301de90b7c44bbcdc378e49e4d362 (diff)
downloadlinux-5ba13c1c4d848870ed4d25e411ac567c473686f0.tar.xz
Merge tag 'core_core_for_v5.17_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull notifier fix from Borislav Petkov: "Return an error when a notifier callback has been registered already" * tag 'core_core_for_v5.17_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: notifier: Return an error when a callback has already been registered
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/notifier.c15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/notifier.c b/kernel/notifier.c
index b8251dc0bc0f..ba005ebf4730 100644
--- a/kernel/notifier.c
+++ b/kernel/notifier.c
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(reboot_notifier_list);
*/
static int notifier_chain_register(struct notifier_block **nl,
- struct notifier_block *n)
+ struct notifier_block *n)
{
while ((*nl) != NULL) {
if (unlikely((*nl) == n)) {
- WARN(1, "double register detected");
- return 0;
+ WARN(1, "notifier callback %ps already registered",
+ n->notifier_call);
+ return -EEXIST;
}
if (n->priority > (*nl)->priority)
break;
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ static int notifier_call_chain_robust(struct notifier_block **nl,
*
* Adds a notifier to an atomic notifier chain.
*
- * Currently always returns zero.
+ * Returns 0 on success, %-EEXIST on error.
*/
int atomic_notifier_chain_register(struct atomic_notifier_head *nh,
struct notifier_block *n)
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(atomic_notifier_call_chain);
* Adds a notifier to a blocking notifier chain.
* Must be called in process context.
*
- * Currently always returns zero.
+ * Returns 0 on success, %-EEXIST on error.
*/
int blocking_notifier_chain_register(struct blocking_notifier_head *nh,
struct notifier_block *n)
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blocking_notifier_call_chain);
* Adds a notifier to a raw notifier chain.
* All locking must be provided by the caller.
*
- * Currently always returns zero.
+ * Returns 0 on success, %-EEXIST on error.
*/
int raw_notifier_chain_register(struct raw_notifier_head *nh,
struct notifier_block *n)
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(raw_notifier_call_chain);
* Adds a notifier to an SRCU notifier chain.
* Must be called in process context.
*
- * Currently always returns zero.
+ * Returns 0 on success, %-EEXIST on error.
*/
int srcu_notifier_chain_register(struct srcu_notifier_head *nh,
struct notifier_block *n)