Patch "spi: dw: Don't use devm_kzalloc in master->setup callback" has been added to the 3.16-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    spi: dw: Don't use devm_kzalloc in master->setup callback

to the 3.16-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:
     spi-dw-don-t-use-devm_kzalloc-in-master-setup-callback.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.16 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.


>From a97c883a16da7e0691a3be5465926c92a8da4da6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:47:06 +0800
Subject: spi: dw: Don't use devm_kzalloc in master->setup callback

From: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit a97c883a16da7e0691a3be5465926c92a8da4da6 upstream.

device_add() expects that any memory allocated via devm_* API is only
done in the device's probe function.

Fix below boot warning:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at drivers/base/dd.c:286 driver_probe_device+0x2b4/0x2f4()
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.16.0-10474-g835c90b-dirty #160
[<c0016364>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c001251c>] (show_stack+0x20/0x24)
[<c001251c>] (show_stack) from [<c04eaefc>] (dump_stack+0x7c/0x98)
[<c04eaefc>] (dump_stack) from [<c0023d4c>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x78/0x9c)
[<c0023d4c>] (warn_slowpath_common) from [<c0023d9c>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x2c/0x34)
[<c0023d9c>] (warn_slowpath_null) from [<c0302c60>] (driver_probe_device+0x2b4/0x2f4)
[<c0302c60>] (driver_probe_device) from [<c0302d90>] (__device_attach+0x50/0x54)
[<c0302d90>] (__device_attach) from [<c0300e60>] (bus_for_each_drv+0x54/0x9c)
[<c0300e60>] (bus_for_each_drv) from [<c0302958>] (device_attach+0x84/0x90)
[<c0302958>] (device_attach) from [<c0301f10>] (bus_probe_device+0x94/0xb8)
[<c0301f10>] (bus_probe_device) from [<c03000c0>] (device_add+0x434/0x4fc)
[<c03000c0>] (device_add) from [<c0342dd4>] (spi_add_device+0x98/0x164)
[<c0342dd4>] (spi_add_device) from [<c03444a4>] (spi_register_master+0x598/0x768)
[<c03444a4>] (spi_register_master) from [<c03446b4>] (devm_spi_register_master+0x40/0x80)
[<c03446b4>] (devm_spi_register_master) from [<c0346214>] (dw_spi_add_host+0x1a8/0x258)
[<c0346214>] (dw_spi_add_host) from [<c0346920>] (dw_spi_mmio_probe+0x1d4/0x294)
[<c0346920>] (dw_spi_mmio_probe) from [<c0304560>] (platform_drv_probe+0x3c/0x6c)
[<c0304560>] (platform_drv_probe) from [<c0302a98>] (driver_probe_device+0xec/0x2f4)
[<c0302a98>] (driver_probe_device) from [<c0302d3c>] (__driver_attach+0x9c/0xa0)
[<c0302d3c>] (__driver_attach) from [<c0300f0c>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x64/0x98)
[<c0300f0c>] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<c0302518>] (driver_attach+0x2c/0x30)
[<c0302518>] (driver_attach) from [<c0302134>] (bus_add_driver+0xdc/0x1f4)
[<c0302134>] (bus_add_driver) from [<c03035c8>] (driver_register+0x88/0x104)
[<c03035c8>] (driver_register) from [<c030445c>] (__platform_driver_register+0x58/0x6c)
[<c030445c>] (__platform_driver_register) from [<c0700f00>] (dw_spi_mmio_driver_init+0x18/0x20)
[<c0700f00>] (dw_spi_mmio_driver_init) from [<c0008914>] (do_one_initcall+0x90/0x1d4)
[<c0008914>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c06d7d90>] (kernel_init_freeable+0x178/0x248)
[<c06d7d90>] (kernel_init_freeable) from [<c04e687c>] (kernel_init+0x18/0xfc)
[<c04e687c>] (kernel_init) from [<c000ecd8>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x20)

Reported-by: Thor Thayer <tthayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/spi/spi-dw.c |   12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c
@@ -547,8 +547,7 @@ static int dw_spi_setup(struct spi_devic
 	/* Only alloc on first setup */
 	chip = spi_get_ctldata(spi);
 	if (!chip) {
-		chip = devm_kzalloc(&spi->dev, sizeof(struct chip_data),
-				GFP_KERNEL);
+		chip = kzalloc(sizeof(struct chip_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!chip)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		spi_set_ctldata(spi, chip);
@@ -606,6 +605,14 @@ static int dw_spi_setup(struct spi_devic
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void dw_spi_cleanup(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	struct chip_data *chip = spi_get_ctldata(spi);
+
+	kfree(chip);
+	spi_set_ctldata(spi, NULL);
+}
+
 /* Restart the controller, disable all interrupts, clean rx fifo */
 static void spi_hw_init(struct dw_spi *dws)
 {
@@ -661,6 +668,7 @@ int dw_spi_add_host(struct device *dev,
 	master->bus_num = dws->bus_num;
 	master->num_chipselect = dws->num_cs;
 	master->setup = dw_spi_setup;
+	master->cleanup = dw_spi_cleanup;
 	master->transfer_one_message = dw_spi_transfer_one_message;
 	master->max_speed_hz = dws->max_freq;
 


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx are

queue-3.16/spi-fsl-don-t-use-devm_kzalloc-in-master-setup-callback.patch
queue-3.16/spi-dw-don-t-use-devm_kzalloc-in-master-setup-callback.patch
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