linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 5/5] intel_scu_ipc: protect dev member assignment on ->remove()

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Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:19:48 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] intel_scu_ipc: protect dev member assignment on ->remove()

Protect the dev member assignment in ->remove() since user may potentially call
unbind from a sysfs even if the driver is built-in. The latter might be racy
with ongoing SCU communication.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
index 9de2029..f94b730 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c
@@ -625,7 +625,10 @@ static void ipc_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	struct intel_scu_ipc_dev *scu = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	mutex_lock(&ipclock);
 	scu->dev = NULL;
+	mutex_unlock(&ipclock);
+
 	iounmap(scu->i2c_base);
 	intel_scu_devices_destroy();
 }
-- 
2.5.3

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