linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/24] mfd: fix dangling pointers

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20100321020933.GB26625@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:09:33 +0100
From:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/24] mfd: fix dangling pointers

Hello Mark,

> but it really does seem like this is something that the I2C core ought
> to handle - the assignment to null is boiler plate code that's getting
> added to the overwhelming majority of I2C devices in their teardown
> path, it'd seem a lot more sensible for the core to just trash driver
> data after the driver is unbound if it's important that this happens.

While working on this, I got the same impression that it should be handled at
core-level. I wondered if functions ala i2c_alloc_clientdata() and
i2c_free_clientdata() could help. But seeing the myriad ways of setting up
private data in those drivers, I thought this to be the next step after
cleaning up the status quo, because it surely needs discussion. I wanted to
write about all this in the introductory message but sadly forgot. Thanks for
starting the discussion, very welcome.

Regards,

   Wolfram

-- 
Pengutronix e.K.                           | Wolfram Sang                |
Industrial Linux Solutions                 | http://www.pengutronix.de/  |

Download attachment "signature.asc" of type "application/pgp-signature" (198 bytes)