On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 03:34:36PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote: > On 06/20/2018 02:38 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 12:19:43PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote: > > > Introduce a kref for the tpm_chip that we initialize when the tpm_chip has > > > been allocated and release before the tpm_chip is to be freed. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++----- > > > drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h | 1 + > > > 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c > > > index 0a62c19937b6..a933676194a4 100644 > > > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c > > > @@ -119,8 +119,24 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_chip_find_get(struct tpm_chip *chip) > > > return res; > > > } > > > +static void tpm_chip_free(struct kref *kref) > > > +{ > > > + struct tpm_chip *chip = container_of(kref, struct tpm_chip, kref); > > > + > > > + kfree(chip->log.bios_event_log); > > > + kfree(chip->work_space.context_buf); > > > + kfree(chip->work_space.session_buf); > > > + kfree(chip); > > > +} > > > + > > > +static void tpm_chip_put(struct tpm_chip *chip) > > > +{ > > > + if (chip) > > > + kref_put(&chip->kref, tpm_chip_free); > > > +} > > > + > > > /** > > > - * tpm_dev_release() - free chip memory and the device number > > > + * tpm_dev_release() - free the device number and release reference to chip > > > * @dev: the character device for the TPM chip > > > * > > > * This is used as the release function for the character device. > > > @@ -133,10 +149,7 @@ static void tpm_dev_release(struct device *dev) > > > idr_remove(&dev_nums_idr, chip->dev_num); > > > mutex_unlock(&idr_lock); > > > - kfree(chip->log.bios_event_log); > > > - kfree(chip->work_space.context_buf); > > > - kfree(chip->work_space.session_buf); > > > - kfree(chip); > > > + tpm_chip_put(chip); > > > } > > > static void tpm_devs_release(struct device *dev) > > > @@ -195,6 +208,7 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_chip_alloc(struct device *pdev, > > > mutex_init(&chip->tpm_mutex); > > > init_rwsem(&chip->ops_sem); > > > + kref_init(&chip->kref); > > > chip->ops = ops; > > > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h > > > index 7f2d0f489e9c..098d7dcc04a4 100644 > > > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h > > > @@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ struct tpm_chip { > > > struct cdev cdev; > > > struct cdev cdevs; > > > + struct kref kref; > > NAK, there is already a kref in struct device, that one must be used. > > Right. Should make it simpler... I'll review the next version. /Jarkko