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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 2/2] rpmsg: char: Fix race between the release of rpmsg_eptdev and cdev
On Mon 10 Jan 10:47 PST 2022, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:

> struct rpmsg_eptdev contains a struct cdev. The current code frees
> the rpmsg_eptdev struct in rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(), but the cdev is
> a managed object, therefore its release is not predictable and the
> rpmsg_eptdev could be freed before the cdev is entirely released.
>
> The cdev_device_add/del() API was created to address this issue
> (see commit 233ed09d7fda), use it instead of cdev add/del().
>
> Fixes: c0cdc19f84a4 ("rpmsg: Driver for user space endpoint interface")
> Suggested-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>

Regards,
Bjorn

> ---
>
> Changes in v6:
> - remove cdev_del() from rpmsg_eptdev_release_device()
> - added 'Reviewed-by' tag from Mathieu and 'Suggested-by' tag
>
> Changes in v5:
> - patch added to the series
>
> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 11 ++---------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> index ba85f5d11960..49dd5a200998 100644
> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
> /* wake up any blocked readers */
> wake_up_interruptible(&eptdev->readq);
>
> - device_del(&eptdev->dev);
> + cdev_device_del(&eptdev->cdev, &eptdev->dev);
> put_device(&eptdev->dev);
>
> return 0;
> @@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ static void rpmsg_eptdev_release_device(struct device *dev)
>
> ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_ept_ida, dev->id);
> ida_simple_remove(&rpmsg_minor_ida, MINOR(eptdev->dev.devt));
> - cdev_del(&eptdev->cdev);
> kfree(eptdev);
> }
>
> @@ -380,19 +379,13 @@ static int rpmsg_eptdev_create(struct rpmsg_ctrldev *ctrldev,
> dev->id = ret;
> dev_set_name(dev, "rpmsg%d", ret);
>
> - ret = cdev_add(&eptdev->cdev, dev->devt, 1);
> + ret = cdev_device_add(&eptdev->cdev, &eptdev->dev);
> if (ret)
> goto free_ept_ida;
>
> /* We can now rely on the release function for cleanup */
> dev->release = rpmsg_eptdev_release_device;
>
> - ret = device_add(dev);
> - if (ret) {
> - dev_err(dev, "device_add failed: %d\n", ret);
> - put_device(dev);
> - }
> -
> return ret;
>
> free_ept_ida:
> --
> 2.34.1.575.g55b058a8bb-goog
>

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