linux-kernel - Re: refcount leak in pci_get

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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:23:35 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: refcount leak in pci_get_device()?

On Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:47 pm Greg KH wrote:
> Subject: PCI: fix reference leak in pci_get_dev_by_id()
>
> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
>
> Alex Chiang and Matthew Wilcox pointed out that pci_get_dev_by_id() does
> not properly decrement the reference on the from pointer if it is
> present, like the documentation for the function states it will.
>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
> Cc: Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>
> Cc: stable <stable@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/search.c b/drivers/pci/search.c
> index 217814f..3b3b5f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/search.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/search.c
> @@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ static struct pci_dev *pci_get_dev_by_id(const struct
> pci_device_id *id, match_pci_dev_by_id);
>  	if (dev)
>  		pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
> +	if (from)
> +		pci_dev_put(from);
>  	return pdev;
>  }

Wow, thanks Greg, that was fast.  I applied this to my for-linus branch; I'll 
ask Linus to pull it for 2.6.27.

Thanks,
--
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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