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If addition of sysfs files fails on registration of a hotplug slot, the struct pci_slot as well as the entry in the slot_list is leaked. The issue has been present since the hotplug core was introduced in 2002: https://git.kernel.org/tglx/history/c/a8a2069f432c Perhaps the idea was that even though sysfs addition fails, the slot should still be usable. But that's not how drivers use the interface, they abort probe if a non-zero value is returned. Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v2.4.15+ Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.