On 6/2/21 6:30 AM, Ming Lei wrote: > scsi_host_dev_release() only works around for us by freeing > dev_name(&shost->shost_dev) when host state is SHOST_CREATED. After host > state is changed to SHOST_RUNNING, scsi_host_dev_release() doesn't do > that any more. > > So fix the issue by put .shost_dev in failure path if host state becomes > running, meantime move get_device(&shost->shost_gendev) before > device_add(&shost->shost_dev), so that scsi_host_cls_release() can put > this reference. > > Reported-by: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/scsi/hosts.c | 8 ++++++-- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c > index 796736e47764..7049844adb6b 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c > @@ -257,12 +257,11 @@ int scsi_add_host_with_dma(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct device *dev, > > device_enable_async_suspend(&shost->shost_dev); > > + get_device(&shost->shost_gendev); > error = device_add(&shost->shost_dev); > if (error) > goto out_del_gendev; > > - get_device(&shost->shost_gendev); > - > if (shost->transportt->host_size) { > shost->shost_data = kzalloc(shost->transportt->host_size, > GFP_KERNEL); > @@ -300,6 +299,11 @@ int scsi_add_host_with_dma(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct device *dev, > out_del_dev: > device_del(&shost->shost_dev); > out_del_gendev: > + /* > + * host state has become SHOST_RUNNING, so we have to release > + * ->shost_dev explicitly > + */ > + put_device(&shost->shost_dev); > device_del(&shost->shost_gendev); > out_disable_runtime_pm: > device_disable_async_suspend(&shost->shost_gendev); Shouldn't this change be merged into patch 2/4 since both patches touch the same function? Anyway, this patch also looks good to me. Bart.