linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] leds: fix broken devres usage

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Date:   Thu, 4 Jun 2020 15:31:46 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>,
        Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>,
        linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] leds: fix broken devres usage

Hi!

> Several MFD child drivers register their class devices directly under
> the parent device (about half of the MFD LED drivers do so).
> 
> This means you cannot blindly do devres conversions so that
> deregistration ends up being tied to the parent device, something which
> leads to use-after-free on driver unbind when the class device is
> released while still being registered (and, for example, oopses on later
> parent MFD driver unbind or LED class callbacks, or resource leaks and
> name clashes on child driver reload).
> 
> Included is also a clean up removing some pointless casts when
> registering class devices.
> 
> All but the lm3533 one have only been compile tested.

It would be nicer to have devres framework work with these... but I
guess this should go in...

Best regards,
								Pavel
								
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