linux-kernel - [PATCH] gpiolib: Free the last requested descriptor

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Message-Id: <20180913133704.15739-1-ricardo.ribalda@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:37:04 +0200
From:   Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@...il.com>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@...il.com>,
        Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] gpiolib: Free the last requested descriptor

The current code only frees N-1 gpios if an error occurs during
gpiod_set_transitory, gpiod_direction_output or gpiod_direction_input.
Leading to gpios that cannot be used by userspace nor other drivers.

Cc: Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: ab3dbcf78f60f46d ("gpioib: do not free unrequested descriptors)
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@...il.com>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index e8f8a1999393..a57300c1d649 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ static int linehandle_create(struct gpio_device *gdev, void __user *ip)
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_free_descs;
 		lh->descs[i] = desc;
-		count = i;
+		count = i + 1;
 
 		if (lflags & GPIOHANDLE_REQUEST_ACTIVE_LOW)
 			set_bit(FLAG_ACTIVE_LOW, &desc->flags);
-- 
2.18.0