Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] misc: misc_minor_alloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors

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On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 01:35:32PM +0000, Vimal Agrawal wrote:
> misc_minor_alloc was allocating id using ida for minor only in case of
> MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR but misc_minor_free was always freeing ids
> using ida_free causing a mismatch and following warn:
> > > WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 159 at lib/idr.c:525 ida_free+0x3e0/0x41f
> > > ida_free called for id=127 which is not allocated.
> > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> ...
> > > [<60941eb4>] ida_free+0x3e0/0x41f
> > > [<605ac993>] misc_minor_free+0x3e/0xbc
> > > [<605acb82>] misc_deregister+0x171/0x1b3
> 
> misc_minor_alloc is changed to allocate id from ida for all minors
> falling in the range of dynamic/ misc dynamic minors
> 
> Fixes: ab760791c0cf ("char: misc: Increase the maximum number of dynamic misc devices to 1048448")
> Signed-off-by: Vimal Agrawal <avimalin@xxxxxxxxx>

Sorry, but no, do not hide behind a gmail.com address.  Either fix your
corporate email system to be able to send patches out, or use the other
method of sending from a different address as documented in the kernel
documentation.

As it is, I can't take this, sorry.

greg k-h




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