On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:38:33AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > Adding Greg... > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 9:30 PM, Stepan Moskovchenko > <stepanm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > When we parse the device tree and allocate platform > > devices, the 'name' of the newly-created platform_device > > is set to point to the 'name' field of the 'struct device' > > embedded within the platform_device. This is dangerous, > > because the name of the 'struct device' is dynamically > > allocated. Drivers may call dev_set_name() on the device, > > which will free and reallocate the name of the device, > > leaving the 'name' of the platform_device pointing to the > > now-freed memory. > > > > Furthermore, if the dev_set_name() call is made from a > > driver's probe() function and a subsequent request results > > in probe deferral, the dangling 'name' reference may lead > > to the device being re-probed using the wrong driver. > > This seems wrong. I don't think we want drivers to change their own > device's name. The name is not supposed to change after registration. That is correct. Well, you can change a name, using device_rename(), but that's the only way to do it, not through dev_set_name(), as is pointed out here, that will cause problems. So I don't think this patch is needed at all. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
