Re: [PATCH 8/9] vdap: solidrun: Replace deprecated PCI functions

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On Mon, 2024-08-19 at 21:34 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 08:19:28PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > Le 19/08/2024 à 18:51, Philipp Stanner a écrit :
> 
> 
> ...
> 
> > Unrelated to the patch, but is is safe to have 'name' be on the
> > stack?
> > 
> > pcim_iomap_region()
> > --> __pcim_request_region()
> > --> __pcim_request_region_range()
> > --> request_region() or __request_mem_region()
> > --> __request_region()
> > --> __request_region_locked()
> > --> res->name = name;
> > 
> > So an address on the stack ends in the 'name' field of a "struct
> > resource".
> > 
> > According to a few grep, it looks really unusual.
> > 
> > I don't know if it is used, but it looks strange to me.
> 
> It might be used when printing /proc/iomem, but I don't remember by
> heart.
> 
> > If it is an issue, it was apparently already there before this
> > patch.
> 
> This series seems to reveal a lot of issues with the probe/remove in
> many
> drivers. I think it's better to make fixes of them before this series
> for
> the sake of easier backporting.

Just so we're in sync:
I think the only real bug here so far is the one found by Christophe.

The usages of pci_disable_device(), pcim_iounmap_regions() and the like
in remove() and error unwind paths are not elegant and make devres kind
of useless – but they are not bugs. So I wouldn't backport them.

P.

> 
> If here is a problem, the devm_kasprintf() should be used.
> 






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