On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 19:57:06 -0700, Viresh Kumar wrote: > There is no code protecting i2c_dev to be freed after it is returned > from i2c_dev_get_by_minor() and using it to access the value which we > already have (minor) isn't safe really. > > Avoid using it and get the adapter directly from 'minor'. > > Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c | 7 +------ > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c > index 6ecfd76270f2..66f323fd3982 100644 > --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c > +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c > @@ -485,13 +485,8 @@ static int i2cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) > unsigned int minor = iminor(inode); > struct i2c_client *client; > struct i2c_adapter *adap; > - struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev; > - > - i2c_dev = i2c_dev_get_by_minor(minor); > - if (!i2c_dev) > - return -ENODEV; > > - adap = i2c_get_adapter(i2c_dev->adap->nr); > + adap = i2c_get_adapter(minor); > if (!adap) > return -ENODEV; > Anyway, this is a good cleanup/optimization on its own, on top of fixing a race condition, independently of what we decide for the rest of the problems being discussed in this thread. So: Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> Thanks, -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html