On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:59:01 -0700 Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since resources can be removed, locking should ensure that the resource > is not removed while accessing it. However, find_next_iomem_res() does > not hold the lock while copying the data of the resource. Looks right to me. > Keep holding the lock while the data is copied. While at it, change the > return value to a more informative value. It is disregarded by the > callers. The kerneldoc needs a resync: --- a/kernel/resource.c~resource-fix-locking-in-find_next_iomem_res-fix +++ a/kernel/resource.c @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_resource); * * If a resource is found, returns 0 and @*res is overwritten with the part * of the resource that's within [@start..@end]; if none is found, returns - * -1 or -EINVAL for other invalid parameters. + * -ENODEV. Returns -EINVAL for invalid parameters. * * This function walks the whole tree and not just first level children * unless @first_lvl is true. _