On pią, 2015-02-06 at 18:42 -0800, Darren Hart wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:30:19PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > The return value of power_supply_register() call was not checked and
> > even on error probe() function returned 0. If registering failed then
> > during unbind the driver tried to unregister power supply which was not
> > actually registered.
> >
> > This could lead to memory corruption because power_supply_unregister()
> > unconditionally cleans up given power supply.
> >
> > Fix this by checking return status of power_supply_register() call. In
> > case of failure, unregister the hwmon device and fail the probe. Add a
> > fixme note about missing hwmon_device_unregister() in driver removal.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Fixes: 9be0fcb5ed46 ("compal-laptop: add JHL90, battery & hwmon interface")
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c | 7 ++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
> > index 15c0fab2bfa1..cf55a9246f12 100644
> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
> > @@ -1036,12 +1036,16 @@ static int compal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >
> > /* Power supply */
> > initialize_power_supply_data(data);
> > - power_supply_register(&compal_device->dev, &data->psy);
> > + err = power_supply_register(&compal_device->dev, &data->psy);
> > + if (err < 0)
> > + goto psy_err;
> >
> > platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);
> >
> > return 0;
> >
> > +psy_err:
> > + hwmon_device_unregister(hwmon_dev);
> > remove:
> > sysfs_remove_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &compal_platform_attr_group);
> > return err;
> > @@ -1072,6 +1076,7 @@ static int compal_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >
> > data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> > power_supply_unregister(&data->psy);
> > + /* FIXME: missing hwmon_device_unregister() */
>
> Is this FIXME a leftover? Is there a reason we can't fix this now instead of
> adding a FIXME?
This is not a leftover. I think this should be fixed but:
1. I cannot test this driver,
2. I am not such familiar with hwmon API,
so my fix could be wrong and introduce more errors than fixes.
If you also think hwmon_device_unregister() is needed then I could send
new version of patch. Also I would be happy if someone else fixed this.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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