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") Suggested-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v6: - remove cdev_del() from rpmsg_eptdev_release_device() - added 'Reviewed-by' tag from Mathieu and 'Suggested-by' tag Changes in v5: - patch added to the series drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 11 ++--------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c index ba85f5d11960..49dd5a200998 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; @@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ static void rpmsg_eptdev_release_device(struct device *dev) ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_ept_ida, dev->id); ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_minor_ida, MINOR(eptdev->dev.devt)); - cdev_del(&eptdev->cdev); kfree(eptdev); } @@ -380,19 +379,13 @@ 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; free_ept_ida: -- 2.34.1.575.g55b058a8bb-goog