linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] clk: Fix __clk_get access to already freed owner field.

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Date:	Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:03:29 -0800
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Alban Browaeys <alban.browaeys@...il.com>
CC:	Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@...labora.com>,
	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] clk: Fix __clk_get access to already freed owner
 field.

On 02/05/15 12:43, Alban Browaeys wrote:
> Le jeudi 05 février 2015 à 11:30 -0800, Stephen Boyd a écrit :
>
>>> Signed-off-by: Alban Browaeys <prahal@...oo.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/clk/clk.c | 17 +++++++++--------
>>>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
>>> index df94668..8f33722 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
>>> @@ -2485,15 +2485,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clk_register);
>>>   */
>>>  static void __clk_release(struct kref *ref)
>>>  {
>>> -	struct clk_core *clk = container_of(ref, struct clk_core, ref);
>>> -	int i = clk->num_parents;
>>> +	struct clk_core *core = container_of(ref, struct clk_core, ref);
>>> +	struct clk *clk = container_of(&core, struct clk, core);
>> How does this work? struct clk_core doesn't have a struct clk inside it.
>>
> Seems I am confused. The aim is  to get the clk struct from its core
> field. If I cannot do that from within __clk_release , this fix is
> doomed.
>

Thanks for the information. Can you please try the patch in this other
thread[1]? I think you're seeing the same problem.

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/2/5/595

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