Sorry, symptoms not solved. According to kmemleak, I have now: [ 661.323100] kmemleak: 100 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) [ 1260.226120] kmemleak: 1 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) # head -40 /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak unreferenced object 0xdf5326a0 (size 32): comm "swapper", pid 1, jiffies 4294892300 (age 2564.708s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 62 61 73 65 00 00 4c d8 c5 78 df dc cc 43 e4 bc base..L..x...C.. c4 c8 ec 8c ee de ce cf e8 c9 8a ea dc cc c6 fd ................ backtrace: [<c014d4d8>] kstrdup+0x48/0x88 [<c0454678>] __of_attach_node_sysfs+0xf0/0x100 [<c075f21c>] of_core_init+0x8c/0xf8 [<c0729594>] kernel_init_freeable+0xd4/0x208 [<c00047e8>] kernel_init+0x24/0x11c [<c00158ec>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 unreferenced object 0xdf532240 (size 32): comm "swapper", pid 1, jiffies 4294892300 (age 2564.708s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 63 70 75 73 00 68 65 2d 73 69 7a 65 00 c6 dc ac cpus.he-size.... ac 6f 48 ec ec 99 86 78 ac eb c9 ac 4c 4c ee db .oH....x....LL.. backtrace: [<c014d4d8>] kstrdup+0x48/0x88 [<c04545f4>] __of_attach_node_sysfs+0x6c/0x100 [<c075f21c>] of_core_init+0x8c/0xf8 [<c0729594>] kernel_init_freeable+0xd4/0x208 [<c00047e8>] kernel_init+0x24/0x11c [<c00158ec>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 unreferenced object 0xdf5320a0 (size 32): comm "swapper", pid 1, jiffies 4294892300 (age 2564.708s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 50 6f 77 65 72 50 43 2c 47 34 40 30 00 4f 5c 5c PowerPC,G4@0.O\\ c4 4d c0 d8 0e ec ed cc 9e cc 4d ce a8 2c cc c6 .M........M..,.. backtrace: [<c014d4d8>] kstrdup+0x48/0x88 [<c04545f4>] __of_attach_node_sysfs+0x6c/0x100 [<c075f21c>] of_core_init+0x8c/0xf8 [<c0729594>] kernel_init_freeable+0xd4/0x208 [<c00047e8>] kernel_init+0x24/0x11c [<c00158ec>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 unreferenced object 0xdf5586c0 (size 32): comm "swapper", pid 1, jiffies 4294892300 (age 2564.708s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 6c 32 2d 63 61 63 68 65 23 31 00 ac c0 21 02 f4 l2-cache#1...!.. On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I only tested v2. I confirm this solve the symptoms I was seeing in > the bug report. > > Tested-by: Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre@xxxxxxxxx> > > thanks, your patch is actually much cleaner! > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:42 PM, Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Fix a memory leak resulting from memory allocation in safe_name(). >> This patch fixes all call sites of safe_name(). >> >> Mathieu Malaterre reported the memory leak on boot: >> >> On my PowerMac device-tree would generate a duplicate name: >> >> [ 0.023043] device-tree: Duplicate name in PowerPC,G4@0, renamed to "l2-cache#1" >> >> in this case a newly allocated name is generated by `safe_name`. However >> in this case it is never deallocated. >> >> The bug was found using kmemleak reported as: >> >> unreferenced object 0xdf532e60 (size 32): >> comm "swapper", pid 1, jiffies 4294892300 (age 1993.532s) >> hex dump (first 32 bytes): >> 6c 32 2d 63 61 63 68 65 23 31 00 dd e4 dd 1e c2 l2-cache#1...... >> ec d4 ba ce 04 ec cc de 8e 85 e9 ca c4 ec cc 9e ................ >> backtrace: >> [<c02d3350>] kvasprintf+0x64/0xc8 >> [<c02d3400>] kasprintf+0x4c/0x5c >> [<c0453814>] safe_name.isra.1+0x80/0xc4 >> [<c04545d8>] __of_attach_node_sysfs+0x6c/0x11c >> [<c075f21c>] of_core_init+0x8c/0xf8 >> [<c0729594>] kernel_init_freeable+0xd4/0x208 >> [<c00047e8>] kernel_init+0x24/0x11c >> [<c00158ec>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 >> >> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120331 >> >> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Reported-by: mathieu.malaterre@xxxxxxxxx >> --- >> >> changes from v1 >> Move the prototype of __of_sysfs_remove_bin_file() into of_private.h >> >> drivers/of/base.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++--------- >> drivers/of/dynamic.c | 2 +- >> drivers/of/of_private.h | 3 +++ >> 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) >> >> Index: b/drivers/of/base.c >> =================================================================== >> --- a/drivers/of/base.c >> +++ b/drivers/of/base.c >> @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ static ssize_t of_node_property_read(str >> return memory_read_from_buffer(buf, count, &offset, pp->value, pp->length); >> } >> >> +/* always return newly allocated name, caller must free after use */ >> static const char *safe_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *orig_name) >> { >> const char *name = orig_name; >> @@ -126,9 +127,12 @@ static const char *safe_name(struct kobj >> name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s#%i", orig_name, ++i); >> } >> >> - if (name != orig_name) >> + if (name == orig_name) { >> + name = kstrdup(orig_name, GFP_KERNEL); >> + } else { >> pr_warn("device-tree: Duplicate name in %s, renamed to \"%s\"\n", >> kobject_name(kobj), name); >> + } >> return name; >> } >> >> @@ -159,6 +163,7 @@ int __of_add_property_sysfs(struct devic >> int __of_attach_node_sysfs(struct device_node *np) >> { >> const char *name; >> + struct kobject *parent; >> struct property *pp; >> int rc; >> >> @@ -171,15 +176,15 @@ int __of_attach_node_sysfs(struct device >> np->kobj.kset = of_kset; >> if (!np->parent) { >> /* Nodes without parents are new top level trees */ >> - rc = kobject_add(&np->kobj, NULL, "%s", >> - safe_name(&of_kset->kobj, "base")); >> + name = safe_name(&of_kset->kobj, "base"); >> + parent = NULL; >> } else { >> name = safe_name(&np->parent->kobj, kbasename(np->full_name)); >> - if (!name || !name[0]) >> - return -EINVAL; >> - >> - rc = kobject_add(&np->kobj, &np->parent->kobj, "%s", name); >> + parent = &np->parent->kobj; >> } >> + if (!name) >> + return -ENOMEM; >> + rc = kobject_add(&np->kobj, parent, "%s", name); >> if (rc) >> return rc; >> >> @@ -1815,6 +1820,12 @@ int __of_remove_property(struct device_n >> return 0; >> } >> >> +void __of_sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct device_node *np, struct property *prop) >> +{ >> + sysfs_remove_bin_file(&np->kobj, &prop->attr); >> + kfree(prop->attr.attr.name); >> +} >> + >> void __of_remove_property_sysfs(struct device_node *np, struct property *prop) >> { >> if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYSFS)) >> @@ -1822,7 +1833,7 @@ void __of_remove_property_sysfs(struct d >> >> /* at early boot, bail here and defer setup to of_init() */ >> if (of_kset && of_node_is_attached(np)) >> - sysfs_remove_bin_file(&np->kobj, &prop->attr); >> + __of_sysfs_remove_bin_file(np, prop); >> } >> >> /** >> @@ -1895,7 +1906,7 @@ void __of_update_property_sysfs(struct d >> return; >> >> if (oldprop) >> - sysfs_remove_bin_file(&np->kobj, &oldprop->attr); >> + __of_sysfs_remove_bin_file(np, oldprop); >> __of_add_property_sysfs(np, newprop); >> } >> >> Index: b/drivers/of/dynamic.c >> =================================================================== >> --- a/drivers/of/dynamic.c >> +++ b/drivers/of/dynamic.c >> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void __of_detach_node_sysfs(struct devic >> /* only remove properties if on sysfs */ >> if (of_node_is_attached(np)) { >> for_each_property_of_node(np, pp) >> - sysfs_remove_bin_file(&np->kobj, &pp->attr); >> + __of_sysfs_remove_bin_file(np, pp); >> kobject_del(&np->kobj); >> } >> >> Index: b/drivers/of/of_private.h >> =================================================================== >> --- a/drivers/of/of_private.h >> +++ b/drivers/of/of_private.h >> @@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ extern int __of_attach_node_sysfs(struct >> extern void __of_detach_node(struct device_node *np); >> extern void __of_detach_node_sysfs(struct device_node *np); >> >> +extern void __of_sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct device_node *np, >> + struct property *prop); >> + >> /* iterators for transactions, used for overlays */ >> /* forward iterator */ >> #define for_each_transaction_entry(_oft, _te) \ > > > > -- > Mathieu -- Mathieu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html