Re: [PATCH] s390/vfio-ap: Fix module unload memory leak of matrix_dev

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On 6/18/21 10:10 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 09:35:24AM -0400, Jason J. Herne wrote:
vfio_ap_matrix_dev_release is shadowing the global matrix_dev with driver
data that never gets set. So when release is called we end up not freeing
matrix_dev. The fix is to remove the shadow variable and just free the
global.

I would clarify this commit message to say that the drv_data of the
matrix_dev is never set and so dev_get_drvdata() always returns NULL

And I would suggest to use

   container_of(dev, struct ap_matrix_dev, dev)

instead of the global variable, and probably NULL the global
too..


The use of driver_data seems to have been completely erroneous here. In this
case the global matrix_dev is the top level struct. It is not contained in
anything. matrix_dev is created upon module load, and it is freed when the
module exits.

So I don't think using container_of makes sense. Unless I've
misunderstood your suggestion?

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-- Jason J. Herne (jjherne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)



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