4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> commit 6a7228d90d42bcacfe38786756ba62762b91c20a upstream. The driver_override implementation is susceptible to a race condition when different threads are reading vs storing a different driver override. Add locking to avoid this race condition. Cfr. commits 6265539776a0810b ("driver core: platform: fix race condition with driver_override") and 9561475db680f714 ("PCI: Fix race condition with driver_override"). Fixes: 3cf385713460eb2b ("ARM: 8256/1: driver coamba: add device binding path 'driver_override'") Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/amba/bus.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/amba/bus.c +++ b/drivers/amba/bus.c @@ -69,8 +69,12 @@ static ssize_t driver_override_show(stru struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) { struct amba_device *dev = to_amba_device(_dev); + ssize_t len; - return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", dev->driver_override); + device_lock(_dev); + len = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", dev->driver_override); + device_unlock(_dev); + return len; } static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *_dev, @@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ static ssize_t driver_override_store(str const char *buf, size_t count) { struct amba_device *dev = to_amba_device(_dev); - char *driver_override, *old = dev->driver_override, *cp; + char *driver_override, *old, *cp; if (count > PATH_MAX) return -EINVAL; @@ -91,12 +95,15 @@ static ssize_t driver_override_store(str if (cp) *cp = '\0'; + device_lock(_dev); + old = dev->driver_override; if (strlen(driver_override)) { dev->driver_override = driver_override; } else { kfree(driver_override); dev->driver_override = NULL; } + device_unlock(_dev); kfree(old);