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Subject[tip: core/core] notifier: Return an error when a callback has already been registered
The following commit has been merged into the core/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 5abb065dca7301de90b7c44bbcdc378e49e4d362
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/5abb065dca7301de90b7c44bbcdc378e49e4d362
Author: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
AuthorDate: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 22:28:14 +01:00
Committer: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
CommitterDate: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:37:33 +01:00

notifier: Return an error when a callback has already been registered

Return -EEXIST when a notifier callback has already been registered on a
notifier chain.

This should avoid any homegrown registration tracking at the callsite
like

https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/20210512013058.6827-1-mukul.joshi@amd.com

for example.

This version is an alternative of

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211108101157.15189-1-bp@alien8.de

which needed to touch every caller not checking the registration
routine's return value.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YcSWNdUBS8A2ZB3s@zn.tnic
---
kernel/notifier.c | 15 ++++++++-------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/notifier.c b/kernel/notifier.c
index b8251dc..ba005eb 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)
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