Hi Mathieu, ----- On 16 Jun, 2020, at 19:10, Mathieu Poirier mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Clément, > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 08:50:12PM +0200, Clement Leger wrote: >> rpmsg_core allows to override driver using driver_override sysfs >> attribute. When used, the sysfs store function will duplicate the user >> provided string using kstrndup. However, when the rpdev is released, >> the driver_override attribute is not freed. In order to have a >> consistent allocation and release, use kstrdup in >> rpmsg_chrdev_register_device and move it in rpmsg_core.c to avoid >> header dependencies. Moreover, add a rpmsg_release_device function to >> be called in device release. Drivers using rpmsg have been modified to >> use this function and ensure there will be no more memory leak when >> releasing rpmsg devices. >> This was found with kmemleak while using remoteproc and virtio. >> >> Signed-off-by: Clement Leger <cleger@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c | 1 + >> drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c | 1 + >> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ >> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h | 15 ++------------- >> drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c | 1 + >> 5 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c >> b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c >> index 1995f5b3ea67..076997afc638 100644 >> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c >> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c >> @@ -1373,6 +1373,7 @@ static void qcom_glink_rpdev_release(struct device *dev) >> struct glink_channel *channel = to_glink_channel(rpdev->ept); >> >> channel->rpdev = NULL; >> + rpmsg_release_device(rpdev); >> kfree(rpdev); >> } >> >> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c >> index 4abbeea782fa..f01174d0d4d9 100644 >> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c >> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c >> @@ -1047,6 +1047,7 @@ static void qcom_smd_release_device(struct device *dev) >> struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev); >> struct qcom_smd_device *qsdev = to_smd_device(rpdev); >> >> + rpmsg_release_device(rpdev); >> kfree(qsdev); >> } >> >> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c >> index a6361cad608b..31de89c81b27 100644 >> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c >> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c >> @@ -554,6 +554,28 @@ int rpmsg_unregister_device(struct device *parent, >> } >> EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_unregister_device); >> >> +void rpmsg_release_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev) >> +{ >> + kfree(rpdev->driver_override); >> +} >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_release_device); >> + >> +/** >> + * rpmsg_chrdev_register_device() - register chrdev device based on rpdev >> + * @rpdev: prepared rpdev to be used for creating endpoints >> + * >> + * This function wraps rpmsg_register_device() preparing the rpdev for use as >> + * basis for the rpmsg chrdev. >> + */ >> +int rpmsg_chrdev_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev) >> +{ >> + strcpy(rpdev->id.name, "rpmsg_chrdev"); >> + rpdev->driver_override = kstrdup("rpmsg_chrdev", GFP_KERNEL); > > Have you considered using devm_kstrdup() instead? Since the same rpdev is > available here and in field##_store(), proceeding that way would prevent the > need to add a new rpmsg_release_device() function. Depending on header > dependencies rpmsg_chrdev_register_device() may also be able to remain in > rpmsg_internal.h. Indeed, using devm_kstrdup would be better. Regarding the use of kstrdup in headers, I only found a really really few occurences of such usage in the whole kernel. If you think it's ok, I can go go with it though. Thanks, Clément > > Thanks, > Mathieu > >> + >> + return rpmsg_register_device(rpdev); >> +} >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_chrdev_register_device); >> + >> /** >> * __register_rpmsg_driver() - register an rpmsg driver with the rpmsg bus >> * @rpdrv: pointer to a struct rpmsg_driver >> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h >> index 3fc83cd50e98..043b28f912fd 100644 >> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h >> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h >> @@ -75,19 +75,8 @@ int rpmsg_unregister_device(struct device *parent, >> struct device *rpmsg_find_device(struct device *parent, >> struct rpmsg_channel_info *chinfo); >> >> -/** >> - * rpmsg_chrdev_register_device() - register chrdev device based on rpdev >> - * @rpdev: prepared rpdev to be used for creating endpoints >> - * >> - * This function wraps rpmsg_register_device() preparing the rpdev for use as >> - * basis for the rpmsg chrdev. >> - */ >> -static inline int rpmsg_chrdev_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev) >> -{ >> - strcpy(rpdev->id.name, "rpmsg_chrdev"); >> - rpdev->driver_override = "rpmsg_chrdev"; >> +int rpmsg_chrdev_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev); >> >> - return rpmsg_register_device(rpdev); >> -} >> +void rpmsg_release_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev); >> >> #endif >> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c >> index 07d4f3374098..af4ea6170f89 100644 >> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c >> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c >> @@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ static void virtio_rpmsg_release_device(struct device *dev) >> struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev); >> struct virtio_rpmsg_channel *vch = to_virtio_rpmsg_channel(rpdev); >> >> + rpmsg_release_device(rpdev); >> kfree(vch); >> } >> >> -- >> 2.17.1