linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 049/110] dell-laptop: Fix allocating & freeing SMI buffer page

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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:12:31 +0200
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Michal Hocko" <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	"Pali Rohár" <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
	"Darren Hart" <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 049/110] dell-laptop: Fix allocating & freeing SMI
 buffer page

3.2.71-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>

commit b8830a4e71b15d0364ac8e6c55301eea73f211da upstream.

This commit fix kernel crash when probing for rfkill devices in dell-laptop
driver failed. Function free_page() was incorrectly used on struct page *
instead of virtual address of SMI buffer.

This commit also simplify allocating page for SMI buffer by using
__get_free_page() function instead of sequential call of functions
alloc_page() and page_address().

Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __devinitdat
 };
 
 static struct calling_interface_buffer *buffer;
-static struct page *bufferpage;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(buffer_mutex);
 
 static int hwswitch_state;
@@ -715,11 +714,10 @@ static int __init dell_init(void)
 	 * Allocate buffer below 4GB for SMI data--only 32-bit physical addr
 	 * is passed to SMI handler.
 	 */
-	bufferpage = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA32);
+	buffer = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA32);
 
-	if (!bufferpage)
+	if (!buffer)
 		goto fail_buffer;
-	buffer = page_address(bufferpage);
 
 	ret = dell_setup_rfkill();
 
@@ -788,7 +786,7 @@ fail_backlight:
 fail_filter:
 	dell_cleanup_rfkill();
 fail_rfkill:
-	free_page((unsigned long)bufferpage);
+	free_page((unsigned long)buffer);
 fail_buffer:
 	platform_device_del(platform_device);
 fail_platform_device2:

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