linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: mtd: Fixed breaking list in __mtd_del

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Date:   Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:31:41 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Andreas Oetken <ennoerlangen@...il.com>
Cc:     Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andreas Oetken <andreas.oetken@...mens-energy.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: mtd: Fixed breaking list in
 __mtd_del_partition.

Hi Andreas,

ennoerlangen@...il.com wrote on Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:57:24 +0200:

> Not the child partition should be removed from the partition list
> but the partition itself. Otherwise the partition list gets broken
> and any subsequent remove operations leads to a kernel panic.
> 

Can you please Add a couple of Fixes: + Cc: stable tags?

> Signed-off-by: Andreas Oetken <andreas.oetken@...mens-energy.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
> index 95d47422bbf20..5725818fa199f 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
> @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static int __mtd_del_partition(struct mtd_info *mtd)
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
>  
> -	list_del(&child->part.node);
> +	list_del(&mtd->part.node);
>  	free_partition(mtd);
>  
>  	return 0;


Thanks,
Miquèl