Merge tag 'driver-core-6.8-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core fixes from Greg KH:
 "Here are some driver core fixes, a kobject fix, and a documentation
  update for 6.8-rc5. In detail these changes are:

   - devlink fixes for reported issues with 6.8-rc1

   - topology scheduling regression fix that has been reported by many

   - kobject loosening of checks change in -rc1 is now reverted as some
     codepaths seemed to need the checks

   - documentation update for the CVE process. Has been reviewed by
     many, the last minute change to the document was to bring the .rst
     format back into the the new style rules, the contents did not
     change.

  All of these, except for the documentation update, have been in
  linux-next for over a week. The documentation update has been reviewed
  for weeks by a group of developers, and in public for a week and the
  wording has stabilized for now. If future changes are needed, we can
  do so before 6.8-final is out (or anytime after that)"

* tag 'driver-core-6.8-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core:
  Documentation: Document the Linux Kernel CVE process
  Revert "kobject: Remove redundant checks for whether ktype is NULL"
  driver core: fw_devlink: Improve logs for cycle detection
  driver core: fw_devlink: Improve detection of overlapping cycles
  driver core: Fix device_link_flag_is_sync_state_only()
  topology: Set capacity_freq_ref in all cases

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 59dbcbdb1c91..72fa20f405f1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = sysfs_create_groups(kobj, ktype->default_groups);
-	if (error) {
-		sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
-		return error;
+	if (ktype) {
+		error = sysfs_create_groups(kobj, ktype->default_groups);
+		if (error) {
+			sysfs_remove_dir(kobj);
+			return error;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -589,7 +591,8 @@ static void __kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
 	sd = kobj->sd;
 	ktype = get_ktype(kobj);
 
-	sysfs_remove_groups(kobj, ktype->default_groups);
+	if (ktype)
+		sysfs_remove_groups(kobj, ktype->default_groups);
 
 	/* send "remove" if the caller did not do it but sent "add" */
 	if (kobj->state_add_uevent_sent && !kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent) {
@@ -666,6 +669,10 @@ static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
 	pr_debug("'%s' (%p): %s, parent %p\n",
 		 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__, kobj->parent);
 
+	if (t && !t->release)
+		pr_debug("'%s' (%p): does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. See Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst.\n",
+			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
+
 	/* remove from sysfs if the caller did not do it */
 	if (kobj->state_in_sysfs) {
 		pr_debug("'%s' (%p): auto cleanup kobject_del\n",
@@ -676,13 +683,10 @@ static void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject *kobj)
 		parent = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (t->release) {
+	if (t && t->release) {
 		pr_debug("'%s' (%p): calling ktype release\n",
 			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
 		t->release(kobj);
-	} else {
-		pr_debug("'%s' (%p): does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. See Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst.\n",
-			 kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
 	}
 
 	/* free name if we allocated it */
@@ -1056,7 +1060,7 @@ const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *kobj_child_ns_ops(const struct kobject *pa
 {
 	const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops = NULL;
 
-	if (parent && parent->ktype->child_ns_type)
+	if (parent && parent->ktype && parent->ktype->child_ns_type)
 		ops = parent->ktype->child_ns_type(parent);
 
 	return ops;