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Date:	Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:41:38 +0100
From:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/24] mfd: fix dangling pointers

Hi Wolfram,

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 03:12:54PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Fix I2C-drivers which missed setting clientdata to NULL before freeing the
> structure it points to. Also fix drivers which do this _after_ the structure
> was freed already.
Patch applied, many thanks.

Cheers,
Samuel.


> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
> ---
> 
> Found using coccinelle, then reviewed. Full patchset is available via
> kernel-janitors, linux-i2c, and LKML.
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/88pm860x-i2c.c  |    1 +
>  drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c   |    2 ++
>  drivers/mfd/da903x.c        |    1 +
>  drivers/mfd/menelaus.c      |    3 ++-
>  drivers/mfd/pcf50633-core.c |    1 +
>  drivers/mfd/tps65010.c      |    2 +-
>  drivers/mfd/wm8350-i2c.c    |    2 ++
>  7 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/88pm860x-i2c.c b/drivers/mfd/88pm860x-i2c.c
> index c37e12b..aa81448 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/88pm860x-i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/88pm860x-i2c.c
> @@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static int __devexit pm860x_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
>  	i2c_unregister_device(chip->companion);
>  	i2c_set_clientdata(chip->companion, NULL);
>  	i2c_set_clientdata(chip->client, NULL);
> +	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
>  	kfree(chip);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c b/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c
> index a2ce3b6..e6fc43f 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c
> @@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ static int __init ab3100_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>  	i2c_unregister_device(ab3100->testreg_client);
>   exit_no_testreg_client:
>   exit_no_detect:
> +	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
>  	kfree(ab3100);
>  	return err;
>  }
> @@ -940,6 +941,7 @@ static int __exit ab3100_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
>  	 * their notifiers so deactivate IRQ
>  	 */
>  	free_irq(client->irq, ab3100);
> +	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
>  	kfree(ab3100);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/da903x.c b/drivers/mfd/da903x.c
> index e5ffe56..ec8178c 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/da903x.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/da903x.c
> @@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ static int __devexit da903x_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
>  	struct da903x_chip *chip = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
>  
>  	da903x_remove_subdevs(chip);
> +	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
>  	kfree(chip);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
> index 970afa1..d9e60ba 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
> @@ -1227,6 +1227,7 @@ fail2:
>  	free_irq(client->irq, menelaus);
>  	flush_scheduled_work();
>  fail1:
> +	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
>  	kfree(menelaus);
>  	return err;
>  }
> @@ -1236,8 +1237,8 @@ static int __exit menelaus_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
>  	struct menelaus_chip	*menelaus = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
>  
>  	free_irq(client->irq, menelaus);
> -	kfree(menelaus);
>  	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
> +	kfree(menelaus);
>  	the_menelaus = NULL;
>  	return 0;
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/pcf50633-core.c b/drivers/mfd/pcf50633-core.c
> index 03dcc92..ab7b4dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/pcf50633-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/pcf50633-core.c
> @@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ static int __devexit pcf50633_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
>  	for (i = 0; i < PCF50633_NUM_REGULATORS; i++)
>  		platform_device_unregister(pcf->regulator_pdev[i]);
>  
> +	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
>  	kfree(pcf);
>  
>  	return 0;
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c b/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c
> index e595530..9b22a77 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c
> @@ -530,8 +530,8 @@ static int __exit tps65010_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
>  	cancel_delayed_work(&tps->work);
>  	flush_scheduled_work();
>  	debugfs_remove(tps->file);
> -	kfree(tps);
>  	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
> +	kfree(tps);
>  	the_tps = NULL;
>  	return 0;
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/wm8350-i2c.c b/drivers/mfd/wm8350-i2c.c
> index 8d8c932..2dd3e8a 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/wm8350-i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/wm8350-i2c.c
> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static int wm8350_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
>  	return ret;
>  
>  err:
> +	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, NULL);
>  	kfree(wm8350);
>  	return ret;
>  }
> @@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ static int wm8350_i2c_remove(struct i2c_client *i2c)
>  	struct wm8350 *wm8350 = i2c_get_clientdata(i2c);
>  
>  	wm8350_device_exit(wm8350);
> +	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, NULL);
>  	kfree(wm8350);
>  
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 1.7.0
> 

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