Hi, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 10:12:01AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: >> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017, Felipe Balbi wrote: >> >> > > Oddly enough, yes. But it doesn't explain why this code doesn't blow >> > > up every time it gets called, in its current form. >> > >> > Well, it does :-) >> > >> > dev_get_drvdata(_dev) -> NULL -> kfree(NULL) >> > >> > We're just leaking memory. I guess a patch like below would be best: >> > >> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/net2280.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/net2280.c >> > index 3828c2ec8623..4dc04253da61 100644 >> > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/net2280.c >> > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/net2280.c >> > @@ -3555,13 +3555,6 @@ static irqreturn_t net2280_irq(int irq, void *_dev) >> > >> > /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ >> > >> > -static void gadget_release(struct device *_dev) >> > -{ >> > - struct net2280 *dev = dev_get_drvdata(_dev); >> > - >> > - kfree(dev); >> > -} >> > - >> > /* tear down the binding between this driver and the pci device */ >> > >> > static void net2280_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev) >> > @@ -3598,6 +3591,8 @@ static void net2280_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev) >> > device_remove_file(&pdev->dev, &dev_attr_registers); >> > >> > ep_info(dev, "unbind\n"); >> > + >> > + kfree(dev); >> > } >> > >> > /* wrap this driver around the specified device, but >> > @@ -3775,8 +3770,7 @@ static int net2280_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id) >> > if (retval) >> > goto done; >> > >> > - retval = usb_add_gadget_udc_release(&pdev->dev, &dev->gadget, >> > - gadget_release); >> > + retval = usb_add_gadget_udc(&pdev->dev, &dev->gadget); >> > if (retval) >> > goto done; >> > return 0; >> >> Maybe... But I can't shake the feeling that Greg KH would strongly >> disagree. Hasn't he said, many times in the past, that any dynamically >> allocated device structure _must_ have a real release routine? >> usb_udc_nop_release() doesn't qualify. > > Aw, I wanted to publically yell at someone like the kernel documentation > says I am allowed to do so if anyone does such a foolish thing :) heh, except that we're not dynamically allocating struct device at all :-) Here's what we have for most UDCs (net2280.c included): struct my_udc { struct gadget gadget; [...] }; probe() { struct my_udc *u; u = kzalloc(sizeof(*u), GFP_KERNEL); [...] return 0; } Now, if this kzalloc() would be replaced with devm_kzalloc() wouldn't this result on a functionally equivalent execution to the patch I proposed above? Iff we change struct gadget to contain a struct device *dev instead of a struct device dev, then sure, we will need to cope with proper ->release() implementations. As it is, it brings nothing to the table, IMO. -- balbi
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