From 6c53cbfced048c421e4f72cb2183465f68fbc5e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Borislav Petkov Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 16:56:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] x86, microcode: Correct sysdev_add error path When we encounter an error while initting the microcode driver on a CPU, we must undo the previously added sysfs group. Cc: Tigran Aivazian Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Acked-by: Andreas Herrmann --- arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c index 1cca374a2bac..87af68e0e1e1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c @@ -417,8 +417,10 @@ static int mc_sysdev_add(struct sys_device *sys_dev) if (err) return err; - if (microcode_init_cpu(cpu) == UCODE_ERROR) - err = -EINVAL; + if (microcode_init_cpu(cpu) == UCODE_ERROR) { + sysfs_remove_group(&sys_dev->kobj, &mc_attr_group); + return -EINVAL; + } return err; }