Hi Takashi, >>> The write handler allocates skbs and queues them into data->readq. >>> Read side should read them, if there is any. If there is none, skbs >>> should be dropped by hdev->flush. But this happens only if the device >>> is HCI_UP, i.e. hdev->power_on work was triggered already. When it was >>> not, skbs stay allocated in the queue when /dev/vhci is closed. So >>> purge the queue in ->release. >>> >>> Program to reproduce: >>> #include <err.h> >>> #include <fcntl.h> >>> #include <stdio.h> >>> #include <unistd.h> >>> >>> #include <sys/stat.h> >>> #include <sys/types.h> >>> #include <sys/uio.h> >>> >>> int main() >>> { >>> char buf[] = { 0xff, 0 }; >>> struct iovec iov = { >>> .iov_base = buf, >>> .iov_len = sizeof(buf), >>> }; >>> int fd; >>> >>> while (1) { >>> fd = open("/dev/vhci", O_RDWR); >>> if (fd < 0) >>> err(1, "open"); >>> >>> usleep(50); >>> >>> if (writev(fd, &iov, 1) < 0) >>> err(1, "writev"); >>> >>> usleep(50); >>> >>> close(fd); >>> } >>> >>> return 0; >>> } >>> >>> Result: >>> kmemleak: 4609 new suspected memory leaks >>> unreferenced object 0xffff88059f4d5440 (size 232): >>> comm "vhci", pid 1084, jiffies 4294912542 (age 37569.296s) >>> hex dump (first 32 bytes): >>> 20 f0 23 87 05 88 ff ff 20 f0 23 87 05 88 ff ff .#..... .#..... >>> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ >>> backtrace: >>> ... >>> [<ffffffff81ece010>] __alloc_skb+0x0/0x5a0 >>> [<ffffffffa021886c>] vhci_create_device+0x5c/0x580 [hci_vhci] >>> [<ffffffffa0219436>] vhci_write+0x306/0x4c8 [hci_vhci] >>> >>> Fixes: 23424c0d31 (Bluetooth: Add support creating virtual AMP controllers) >>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> >>> Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Cc: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Cc: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx> >>> Cc: <linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Cc: stable 3.13+ <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c | 1 + >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) >> >> patch has been applied to bluetooth-next tree. > > Could you check another race of vhci mentioned in the thread? > https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1106134.html > > If the suggested fix is OK, I'll submit a properly cooked patch. lets get the patch send to the mailing list and then I can have a look at it. I might need to test the final patch so that it works with legacy userspace. Regards Marcel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html