linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] gpio: em: remove the gpiochip before removing the irq domain

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:46:54 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Phil Reid <preid@...ctromag.com.au>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Niklas Söderlund 
        <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] gpio: em: remove the gpiochip before removing the
 irq domain

CC Niklas, who has the hardware

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:29 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
>
> In commit 8764c4ca5049 ("gpio: em: use the managed version of
> gpiochip_add_data()") we implicitly altered the ordering of resource
> freeing: since gpiochip_remove() calls gpiochip_irqchip_remove()
> internally, we now can potentially use the irq_domain after it was
> destroyed in the remove() callback (as devm resources are freed after
> remove() has returned).
>
> Use devm_add_action_or_reset() to keep the ordering right and entirely
> kill the remove() callback in the driver.
>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Fixes: 8764c4ca5049 ("gpio: em: use the managed version of gpiochip_add_data()")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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