[PATCH] mtd: leave the device type unset when naming fails
James Hilliard
james.hilliard1 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 8 13:11:37 PST 2026
add_mtd_device() uses dev.type to reject a second registration of the
same MTD. It sets that field before dev_set_name(), but the failure path
for the name allocation leaves it set even though no device was
registered. Retrying registration then warns and fails with -EEXIST.
Set the type only after naming succeeds. The later registration error
paths already clear it before releasing the device.
Fixes: fa06052d637b ("mtd: Convert to dynamically allocated bdi infrastructure")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1 at gmail.com>
---
drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 491a27d0315f..4f62a13dc481 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -798,12 +798,12 @@ int add_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
/* Caller should have set dev.parent to match the
* physical device, if appropriate.
*/
- mtd->dev.type = &mtd_devtype;
mtd->dev.class = &mtd_class;
mtd->dev.devt = MTD_DEVT(i);
error = dev_set_name(&mtd->dev, "mtd%d", i);
if (error)
goto fail_devname;
+ mtd->dev.type = &mtd_devtype;
dev_set_drvdata(&mtd->dev, mtd);
mtd_check_of_node(mtd);
of_node_get(mtd_get_of_node(mtd));
---
base-commit: 1c1a342aceec79528b3ba51f376eca2be5928fe7
change-id: 20261108-submit-mtd-devname-retry-v1-3f7cb2ed8083
Best regards,
--
James Hilliard <james.hilliard1 at gmail.com>
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