When the buffer attributes were wrapped in iio_dev_attr types, I forgot to
duplicate the names, so that when iio_free_chan_devattr_list() gets called
on cleanup, these get free'd.
I stumbled over this while accidentally breaking a driver doing
iio_device_register(), and then the issue appeared.
The fix can be just
1. Just use kstrdup() during iio_buffer_wrap_attr()
2. Just use kfree_const() during iio_free_chan_devattr_list
3. Use both kstrdup_const() & kfree_const() (in the places mentioned above)
Using kfree_const() should be sufficient, as the attribute names will
either be allocated or be stored in rodata.
Fixes: a1a11142f66c ("iio: buffer: wrap all buffer attributes into iio_dev_attr")
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 0d8c6e88d993..cb2735d2ae4b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ void iio_free_chan_devattr_list(struct list_head *attr_list)
struct iio_dev_attr *p, *n;
list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, attr_list, l) {
- kfree(p->dev_attr.attr.name);
+ kfree_const(p->dev_attr.attr.name);
list_del(&p->l);
kfree(p);
}
--
2.27.0
