From: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
To: rppt@kernel.org
Cc: pasha.tatashin@soleen.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
dmatlack@google.com, pratyush@kernel.org, skhawaja@google.com
Subject: [PATCH v4] liveupdate: fix return value on session allocation failure
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:37:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260415193738.515491-1-pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ad-xwh2Ecr3Yg270@kernel.org>
When session allocation fails during deserialization, the global 'err'
variable was not updated before returning. This caused subsequent calls
to luo_session_deserialize() to incorrectly report success.
Ensure 'err' is set to the error code from PTR_ERR(session). This
ensures that an error is correctly returned to userspace when it
attempts to open /dev/liveupdate in the new kernel if deserialization
failed.
Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@kernel.org>
---
kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
index a3327a28fc1f..7a42385dabe2 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
@@ -514,11 +514,12 @@ int luo_session_deserialize(void)
{
struct luo_session_header *sh = &luo_session_global.incoming;
static bool is_deserialized;
- static int err;
+ static int saved_err;
+ int err;
/* If has been deserialized, always return the same error code */
if (is_deserialized)
- return err;
+ return saved_err;
is_deserialized = true;
if (!sh->active)
@@ -547,7 +548,8 @@ int luo_session_deserialize(void)
pr_warn("Failed to allocate session [%.*s] during deserialization %pe\n",
(int)sizeof(sh->ser[i].name),
sh->ser[i].name, session);
- return PTR_ERR(session);
+ err = PTR_ERR(session);
+ goto save_err;
}
err = luo_session_insert(sh, session);
@@ -555,7 +557,7 @@ int luo_session_deserialize(void)
pr_warn("Failed to insert session [%s] %pe\n",
session->name, ERR_PTR(err));
luo_session_free(session);
- return err;
+ goto save_err;
}
scoped_guard(mutex, &session->mutex) {
@@ -565,7 +567,7 @@ int luo_session_deserialize(void)
if (err) {
pr_warn("Failed to deserialize files for session [%s] %pe\n",
session->name, ERR_PTR(err));
- return err;
+ goto save_err;
}
}
@@ -574,6 +576,9 @@ int luo_session_deserialize(void)
sh->ser = NULL;
return 0;
+save_err:
+ saved_err = err;
+ return err;
}
int luo_session_serialize(void)
--
2.43.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-15 19:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-13 18:51 [PATCH v4 00/11] liveupdate: Fix module unloading and unregister API Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-13 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 01/11] liveupdate: Safely print untrusted strings Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-15 15:16 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 02/11] liveupdate: Synchronize lazy initialization of FLB private state Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-15 15:18 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 03/11] liveupdate: Protect file handler list with rwsem Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-15 15:25 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 04/11] liveupdate: Protect FLB lists with luo_register_rwlock Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-15 15:26 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 05/11] liveupdate: Defer FLB module refcounting to active sessions Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-15 15:29 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 06/11] liveupdate: Remove luo_session_quiesce() Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-15 15:30 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 07/11] liveupdate: Auto unregister FLBs on file handler unregistration Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-15 15:31 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 08/11] liveupdate: Remove liveupdate_test_unregister() Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-15 15:33 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 09/11] liveupdate: Make unregister functions return void Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-15 15:34 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 10/11] liveupdate: Defer file handler module refcounting to active sessions Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-15 15:35 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-13 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 11/11] liveupdate: fix return value on session allocation failure Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-14 9:35 ` Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-15 15:41 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-15 18:43 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-15 19:37 ` Pasha Tatashin [this message]
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