On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 08:41:12PM +0530, Atharva Tiwari wrote:
> Previously,the module was freed without detaching it from the list which could lead to memory leak
> this patch uses list_del to safely remove the module from the list
>
> Signed-off-by: Atharva Tiwari <evepolonium@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager_module.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager_module.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager_module.c
> index 4a4dfb42f50f..7e52c3f95692 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager_module.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager_module.c
> @@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ static void gb_audio_module_release(struct kobject *kobj)
> struct gb_audio_manager_module *module = to_gb_audio_module(kobj);
>
> pr_info("Destroying audio module #%d\n", module->id);
> - /* TODO -> delete from list */
> + if (module->list.prev && module->list.next)
For lists, you really shouldn't poke around in the prev and next
pointers, right?
Have you tested this? This feels like an odd change, is it a real
system that is using this code anymore?
thanks,
greg k-h
