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-rw-r--r--drivers/of/overlay.c29
-rw-r--r--drivers/of/unittest.c10
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c
index ae5ea5b1079b..4044ddcb02c6 100644
--- a/drivers/of/overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c
@@ -952,6 +952,25 @@ out:
return ret;
}
+/*
+ * of_overlay_fdt_apply() - Create and apply an overlay changeset
+ * @overlay_fdt: pointer to overlay FDT
+ * @overlay_fdt_size: number of bytes in @overlay_fdt
+ * @ret_ovcs_id: pointer for returning created changeset id
+ *
+ * Creates and applies an overlay changeset.
+ *
+ * See of_overlay_apply() for important behavior information.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, or a negative error number. *@ret_ovcs_id is set to
+ * the value of overlay changeset id, which can be passed to of_overlay_remove()
+ * to remove the overlay.
+ *
+ * On error return, the changeset may be partially applied. This is especially
+ * likely if an OF_OVERLAY_POST_APPLY notifier returns an error. In this case
+ * the caller should call of_overlay_remove() with the value in *@ret_ovcs_id.
+ */
+
int of_overlay_fdt_apply(const void *overlay_fdt, u32 overlay_fdt_size,
int *ret_ovcs_id)
{
@@ -1019,15 +1038,19 @@ int of_overlay_fdt_apply(const void *overlay_fdt, u32 overlay_fdt_size,
ovcs->overlay_mem = overlay_mem;
ret = of_overlay_apply(ovcs);
- if (ret < 0)
- goto err_free_ovcs;
+ /*
+ * If of_overlay_apply() error, calling free_overlay_changeset() may
+ * result in a memory leak if the apply partly succeeded, so do NOT
+ * goto err_free_ovcs. Instead, the caller of of_overlay_fdt_apply()
+ * can call of_overlay_remove();
+ */
mutex_unlock(&of_mutex);
of_overlay_mutex_unlock();
*ret_ovcs_id = ovcs->id;
- return 0;
+ return ret;
err_free_ovcs:
free_overlay_changeset(ovcs);
diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest.c b/drivers/of/unittest.c
index 6747e8eb7c56..7f6bba18c515 100644
--- a/drivers/of/unittest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/unittest.c
@@ -2845,7 +2845,7 @@ static void __init of_unittest_overlay_notify(void)
EXPECT_END(KERN_INFO, "OF: overlay: overlay changeset pre-apply notifier error -16, target: /testcase-data/overlay-node/test-bus");
- unittest(!ovcs_id, "ovcs_id created for overlay_16\n");
+ unittest(ovcs_id, "ovcs_id not created for overlay_16\n");
/* --- overlay 17 --- */
@@ -2856,7 +2856,13 @@ static void __init of_unittest_overlay_notify(void)
EXPECT_END(KERN_INFO, "OF: overlay: overlay changeset post-apply notifier error -17, target: /testcase-data/overlay-node/test-bus");
- unittest(!ovcs_id, "ovcs_id created for overlay_17\n");
+ unittest(ovcs_id, "ovcs_id not created for overlay_17\n");
+
+ if (ovcs_id) {
+ ret = of_overlay_remove(&ovcs_id);
+ unittest(!ret,
+ "overlay_17 of_overlay_remove(), ret = %d\n", ret);
+ }
/* --- overlay 18 --- */