Hi Shuah, I reviewed the entire patch series, but I'm adding the comments only here, as the other patches are coherent with this one. Em Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:38:42 -0600 Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu: > Add Media Device Allocator API to manage Media Device life time problems. > There are known problems with media device life time management. When media > device is released while an media ioctl is in progress, ioctls fail with > use-after-free errors and kernel hangs in some cases. > > Media Allocator API provides interfaces to allocate a refcounted media > device from system wide global list and maintains the state until the > last user of the media device releases it. > > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/media/Makefile | 3 +- > drivers/media/media-dev-allocator.c | 153 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/media/media-dev-allocator.h | 81 +++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 236 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > create mode 100644 drivers/media/media-dev-allocator.c > create mode 100644 include/media/media-dev-allocator.h > > diff --git a/drivers/media/Makefile b/drivers/media/Makefile > index e608bbc..b08f091 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/media/Makefile > @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ > # Makefile for the kernel multimedia device drivers. > # > > -media-objs := media-device.o media-devnode.o media-entity.o > +media-objs := media-device.o media-devnode.o media-entity.o \ > + media-dev-allocator.o > > # > # I2C drivers should come before other drivers, otherwise they'll fail > diff --git a/drivers/media/media-dev-allocator.c b/drivers/media/media-dev-allocator.c > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..51edc49 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/media/media-dev-allocator.c > @@ -0,0 +1,153 @@ > +/* > + * media-devkref.c - Media Controller Device Allocator API > + * > + * Copyright (c) 2016 Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > + * Copyright (c) 2016 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. > + * > + * This file is released under the GPLv2. > + * Credits: Suggested by Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > + */ > + > +/* > + * This file adds Media Controller Device Instance with > + * Kref support. A system wide global media device list > + * is managed and each media device is refcounted. The > + * last put on the media device releases the media device > + * instance. > +*/ > + > +#ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER No need for an ifdef here. This file will be compiled only if CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER, as you added it for media.ko dependencies at the Makefile. > + > +#include <linux/slab.h> > +#include <linux/kref.h> > +#include <media/media-device.h> > + > +static LIST_HEAD(media_device_list); > +static LIST_HEAD(media_device_to_delete_list); > +static DEFINE_MUTEX(media_device_lock); > + > +struct media_device_instance { > + struct media_device mdev; > + struct list_head list; > + struct list_head to_delete_list; > + struct device *dev; > + struct kref refcount; > + bool to_delete; /* should be set when devnode is deleted */ I don't think this is needed. > +}; > + > +static struct media_device *__media_device_get(struct device *dev, > + bool alloc, bool kref) > +{ Please don't use "kref" for a boolean here. Makes it confusing, as reviewers would expect "kref" to be of "struct kref" type. Also, alloc seems to be a bad name for the other bool. Maybe you could call them as "do_alloc" and "create_kref". > + struct media_device_instance *mdi; > + > + mutex_lock(&media_device_lock); > + > + list_for_each_entry(mdi, &media_device_list, list) { > + if (mdi->dev == dev) { > + if (kref) { > + kref_get(&mdi->refcount); > + pr_info("%s: mdev=%p\n", __func__, &mdi->mdev); > + } > + goto done; > + } > + } > + > + if (!alloc) { > + mdi = NULL; > + goto done; > + } > + > + mdi = kzalloc(sizeof(*mdi), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!mdi) > + goto done; > + > + mdi->dev = dev; > + kref_init(&mdi->refcount); > + list_add_tail(&mdi->list, &media_device_list); > + pr_info("%s: mdev=%p\n", __func__, &mdi->mdev); > + > +done: > + mutex_unlock(&media_device_lock); > + > + return mdi ? &mdi->mdev : NULL; > +} > + > +struct media_device *media_device_get(struct device *dev) > +{ > + pr_info("%s\n", __func__); > + return __media_device_get(dev, true, true); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_device_get); > + > +/* Don't increment kref - this is a search and find */ > +struct media_device *media_device_find(struct device *dev) > +{ > + pr_info("%s\n", __func__); > + return __media_device_get(dev, false, false); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_device_find); > + > +/* don't allocate - increment kref if one is found */ > +struct media_device *media_device_get_ref(struct device *dev) > +{ > + pr_info("%s\n", __func__); > + return __media_device_get(dev, false, true); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_device_get_ref); > + > +static void media_device_instance_release(struct kref *kref) > +{ > + struct media_device_instance *mdi = > + container_of(kref, struct media_device_instance, refcount); > + > + pr_info("%s: mdev=%p\n", __func__, &mdi->mdev); > + > + list_del(&mdi->list); > + kfree(mdi); > +} > + > +void media_device_put(struct device *dev) > +{ > + struct media_device_instance *mdi; > + > + mutex_lock(&media_device_lock); > + /* search first in the media_device_list */ > + list_for_each_entry(mdi, &media_device_list, list) { > + if (mdi->dev == dev) { > + pr_info("%s: mdev=%p\n", __func__, &mdi->mdev); > + kref_put(&mdi->refcount, media_device_instance_release); > + goto done; > + } > + } > + /* search in the media_device_to_delete_list */ > + list_for_each_entry(mdi, &media_device_to_delete_list, to_delete_list) { > + if (mdi->dev == dev) { > + pr_info("%s: mdev=%p\n", __func__, &mdi->mdev); > + kref_put(&mdi->refcount, media_device_instance_release); > + goto done; > + } > + } > +done: > + mutex_unlock(&media_device_lock); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_device_put); You also need something to initialize the kref for places where the struct media_device is embedded, or to convert all of them to use dynamically-allocated media_device structs. > + > +void media_device_set_to_delete_state(struct device *dev) > +{ > + struct media_device_instance *mdi; > + > + mutex_lock(&media_device_lock); > + list_for_each_entry(mdi, &media_device_list, list) { > + if (mdi->dev == dev) { > + pr_info("%s: mdev=%p\n", __func__, &mdi->mdev); > + mdi->to_delete = true; > + list_move(&mdi->list, &media_device_to_delete_list); > + goto done; > + } > + } > +done: > + mutex_unlock(&media_device_lock); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_device_set_to_delete_state); > + > +#endif /* CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER */ > diff --git a/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h b/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..2932c90 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/include/media/media-dev-allocator.h > @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ > +/* > + * media-devkref.c - Media Controller Device Allocator API > + * > + * Copyright (c) 2016 Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > + * Copyright (c) 2016 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. > + * > + * This file is released under the GPLv2. > + * Credits: Suggested by Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > + */ > + > +/* > + * This file adds Media Controller Device Instance with Kref support. > + * A system wide global media device list is managed and each media > + * device is refcounted. The last put on the media device releases > + * the media device instance. > +*/ > + > +#ifndef _MEDIA_DEV_ALLOCTOR_H > +#define _MEDIA_DEV_ALLOCTOR_H > + > +#ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER > +/** > + * media_device_get() - Allocate and return global media device > + * > + * @mdev > + * > + * This interface should be called to allocate media device. A new media > + * device instance is created and added to the system wide media device > + * instance list. If media device instance exists, media_device_get() > + * increments the reference count and returns the media device. When > + * more than one driver control the media device, the first driver to > + * probe will allocate and the second driver when it calls media_device_get() > + * it will get a reference. > + * > + */ > +struct media_device *media_device_get(struct device *dev); > +/** > + * media_device_get_ref() - Get reference to an allocated and registered > + * media device. > + * > + * @mdev > + * > + * This interface should be called to get a reference to an allocated media > + * device. media_open() ioctl should call this to hold a reference to ensure > + * the media device will not be released until the media_release() does a put > + * on it. > + */ > +struct media_device *media_device_get_ref(struct device *dev); > +/** > + * media_device_find() - Find an allocated and registered media device. > + * > + * @mdev > + * > + * This interface should be called to find a media device. This will not > + * incremnet the reference count. > + */ > +struct media_device *media_device_find(struct device *dev); > +/** > + * media_device_put() - Release refcounted media device. Calls kref_put() > + * > + * @mdev > + * > + * This interface should be called to decrement refcount. > + */ > +void media_device_put(struct device *dev); > +/** > + * media_device_set_to_delete_state() - Set the state to be deleted. > + * > + * @mdev > + * > + * This interface is used to not release the media device under from > + * an active ioctl if unregister happens. > + */ > +void media_device_set_to_delete_state(struct device *dev); > +#else > +struct media_device *media_device_get(struct device *dev) { return NULL; } > +struct media_device *media_device_find(struct device *dev) { return NULL; } > +void media_device_put(struct media_device *mdev) { } > +void media_device_set_to_delete_state(struct device *dev) { } > +#endif /* CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER */ > +#endif -- Thanks, Mauro _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel