This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled IB/hfi1: Fix module use count flaw due to leftover module put calls to the 5.7-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ib-hfi1-fix-module-use-count-flaw-due-to-leftover-module-put-calls.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.7 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 822fbd37410639acdae368ea55477ddd3498651d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:32:30 -0400 Subject: IB/hfi1: Fix module use count flaw due to leftover module put calls From: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@xxxxxxxxx> commit 822fbd37410639acdae368ea55477ddd3498651d upstream. When the try_module_get calls were removed from opening and closing of the i2c debugfs file, the corresponding module_put calls were missed. This results in an inaccurate module use count that requires a power cycle to fix. Fixes: 09fbca8e6240 ("IB/hfi1: No need to use try_module_get for debugfs") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200623203230.106975.76240.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kaike Wan <kaike.wan@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/debugfs.c | 19 ++----------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/debugfs.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/debugfs.c @@ -985,15 +985,10 @@ static ssize_t qsfp2_debugfs_read(struct static int __i2c_debugfs_open(struct inode *in, struct file *fp, u32 target) { struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd; - int ret; ppd = private2ppd(fp); - ret = acquire_chip_resource(ppd->dd, i2c_target(target), 0); - if (ret) /* failed - release the module */ - module_put(THIS_MODULE); - - return ret; + return acquire_chip_resource(ppd->dd, i2c_target(target), 0); } static int i2c1_debugfs_open(struct inode *in, struct file *fp) @@ -1013,7 +1008,6 @@ static int __i2c_debugfs_release(struct ppd = private2ppd(fp); release_chip_resource(ppd->dd, i2c_target(target)); - module_put(THIS_MODULE); return 0; } @@ -1031,18 +1025,10 @@ static int i2c2_debugfs_release(struct i static int __qsfp_debugfs_open(struct inode *in, struct file *fp, u32 target) { struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd; - int ret; - - if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE)) - return -ENODEV; ppd = private2ppd(fp); - ret = acquire_chip_resource(ppd->dd, i2c_target(target), 0); - if (ret) /* failed - release the module */ - module_put(THIS_MODULE); - - return ret; + return acquire_chip_resource(ppd->dd, i2c_target(target), 0); } static int qsfp1_debugfs_open(struct inode *in, struct file *fp) @@ -1062,7 +1048,6 @@ static int __qsfp_debugfs_release(struct ppd = private2ppd(fp); release_chip_resource(ppd->dd, i2c_target(target)); - module_put(THIS_MODULE); return 0; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dennis.dalessandro@xxxxxxxxx are queue-5.7/ib-hfi1-fix-module-use-count-flaw-due-to-leftover-module-put-calls.patch