Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] rpmsg: char: Fix race between the release of rpmsg_eptdev and cdev

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 09:12:32AM -0800, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> struct rpmsg_eptdev contains a struct cdev. The current code frees
> the rpmsg_eptdev struct in rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(), but the cdev is
> a managed object, therefore its release is not predictable and the
> rpmsg_eptdev could be freed before the cdev is entirely released.
> 
> The cdev_device_add/del() API was created to address this issue
> (see commit 233ed09d7fda), use it instead of cdev add/del().
> 
> Fixes: c0cdc19f84a4 ("rpmsg: Driver for user space endpoint interface")
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v5:
> - patch added to the series
> 
>  drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 10 ++--------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> index ba85f5d11960..5bc1e6017587 100644
> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
>  	/* wake up any blocked readers */
>  	wake_up_interruptible(&eptdev->readq);
>  
> -	device_del(&eptdev->dev);
> +	cdev_device_del(&eptdev->cdev, &eptdev->dev);
>  	put_device(&eptdev->dev);
>  
>  	return 0;
> @@ -380,19 +380,13 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
>  	dev->id = ret;
>  	dev_set_name(dev, "rpmsg%d", ret);
>  
> -	ret = cdev_add(&eptdev->cdev, dev->devt, 1);
> +	ret = cdev_device_add(&eptdev->cdev, &eptdev->dev);
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto free_ept_ida;
>  
>  	/* We can now rely on the release function for cleanup */
>  	dev->release = rpmsg_eptdev_release_device;
>  
> -	ret = device_add(dev);
> -	if (ret) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "device_add failed: %d\n", ret);
> -		put_device(dev);
> -	}
> -
>  	return ret;
>

Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  free_ept_ida:
> -- 
> 2.34.1.575.g55b058a8bb-goog
> 



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Sound]     [ALSA Users]     [ALSA Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Media]     [Kernel]     [Photo Sharing]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Media]

  Powered by Linux