Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] xen/mce: don't issue error message for failed /dev/mcelog registration

[Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>]

On 13/06/17 17:20, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> When running under Xen as dom0 /dev/mcelog is being registered by Xen
>> instead of the normal mcelog driver. Avoid an error message being
>> issued by the mcelog driver in this case. Instead issue an informative
>> message that Xen has registered the device.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c | 11 +++++++++--
>>  drivers/xen/mcelog.c                    |  2 ++
>>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c 
>> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c
>> index 9c632cb88546..4eb5f7d1d593 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c
>> @@ -388,9 +388,16 @@ static __init int dev_mcelog_init_device(void)
>>      /* register character device /dev/mcelog */
>>      err = misc_register(&mce_chrdev_device);
>>      if (err) {
>> -            pr_err("Unable to init device /dev/mcelog (rc: %d)\n", err);
>> -            return err;
>> +            if (err == -EBUSY)
>> +                    /* Xen dom0 might have registered the device already. */
>> +                    pr_info("Unable to init device /dev/mcelog, already 
>> registered");
>> +            else {
>> +                    pr_err("Unable to init device /dev/mcelog (rc: %d)\n",
>> +                           err);
>> +                    return err;
>> +            }
> 
> Please only use balanced curly braces in conditional statements.

Okay, will change.


Juergen


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