[PATCH v0 17/42] drivers: video: Check notifier registration return value

Subsystems: console subsystem, framebuffer layer, the rest

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2021-11-08 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH v0 17/42] drivers: video: Check notifier registration return value

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Date: 2021-11-08 10:14:35

From: Borislav Petkov <redacted>

Avoid homegrown notifier registration checks.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <redacted>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org
---
 drivers/video/console/dummycon.c | 3 ++-
 drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c  | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/dummycon.c b/drivers/video/console/dummycon.c
index f1711b2f9ff0..2d0cdd76dfde 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/dummycon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/dummycon.c
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ void dummycon_register_output_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
 	WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED();
 
-	raw_notifier_chain_register(&dummycon_output_nh, nb);
+	if (raw_notifier_chain_register(&dummycon_output_nh, nb))
+		pr_warn("dummycon output notifier already registered\n");
 
 	if (dummycon_putc_called)
 		nb->notifier_call(nb, 0, NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
index 23999df52739..183bd459e5c2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
@@ -1255,8 +1255,9 @@ static int hvfb_probe(struct hv_device *hdev,
 
 	par->synchronous_fb = false;
 	par->hvfb_panic_nb.notifier_call = hvfb_on_panic;
-	atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
-				       &par->hvfb_panic_nb);
+
+	if (atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list, &par->hvfb_panic_nb))
+		pr_warn("Hyper-V FB panic notifier already registered\n");
 
 	return 0;
 
-- 
2.29.2

Re: [PATCH v0 17/42] drivers: video: Check notifier registration return value

From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-11-08 11:17:01

On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 11:11:32AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
From: Borislav Petkov <redacted>

Avoid homegrown notifier registration checks.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <redacted>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
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