linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers core: Fix oops when driver probe fails

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:01:36 +0200
From:   Filip Schauer <filip@....at>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers core: Fix oops when driver probe fails

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 02:31:10PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 01:23:11PM +0200, Filip Schauer wrote:
> > dma_range_map is freed to early, which might cause an oops when
> > a driver probe fails.
> >  Call trace:
> >   is_free_buddy_page+0xe4/0x1d4
> >   __free_pages+0x2c/0x88
> >   dma_free_contiguous+0x64/0x80
> >   dma_direct_free+0x38/0xb4
> >   dma_free_attrs+0x88/0xa0
> >   dmam_release+0x28/0x34
> >   release_nodes+0x78/0x8c
> >   devres_release_all+0xa8/0x110
> >   really_probe+0x118/0x2d0
> >   __driver_probe_device+0xc8/0xe0
> >   driver_probe_device+0x54/0xec
> >   __driver_attach+0xe0/0xf0
> >   bus_for_each_dev+0x7c/0xc8
> >   driver_attach+0x30/0x3c
> >   bus_add_driver+0x17c/0x1c4
> >   driver_register+0xc0/0xf8
> >   __platform_driver_register+0x34/0x40
> >   ...
> > 
> > This issue is introduced by commit d0243bbd5dd3 ("drivers core:
> > Free dma_range_map when driver probe failed"). It frees
> > dma_range_map before the call to devres_release_all, which is too
> > early. The solution is to free dma_range_map only after
> > devres_release_all.
> > 
> > Fixes: d0243bbd5dd3 ("drivers core: Free dma_range_map when driver probe failed")
> > Signed-off-by: Filip Schauer <filip@....at>
> > ---
> >  drivers/base/dd.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Oh, nice catch!  This is a v2, right?  Next time please be explicit :)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

Thank you for adding the patch.
And my bad, this is indeed a PATCH v2.
I didn't know about the patch revisioning convention.
I'll be more explicit next time.

Thanks,

Filip Schauer