linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] drivers/base/memory: Fix an unlikely reference counting issue in __add_memory

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Date:   Fri, 22 Apr 2022 10:13:48 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Scott Cheloha <cheloha@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: [PATCH v2] drivers/base/memory: Fix an unlikely reference counting issue in __add_memory_block()

__add_memory_block() calls both put_device() and device_unregister() when
storing the memory block into the xarray. This is incorrect because xarray
doesn't take an additional reference and device_unregister() already calls
put_device().

Triggering the issue looks really unlikely and its only effect should be to
log a spurious warning about a ref counted issue.

Fixes: 4fb6eabf1037 ("drivers/base/memory.c: cache memory blocks in xarray to accelerate lookup")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
---
v2: Update Changelog
    Add 'unlikely' in the title
    Add Acked/Reviewed-by tags
---
 drivers/base/memory.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 7222ff9b5e05..084d67fd55cc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -636,10 +636,9 @@ static int __add_memory_block(struct memory_block *memory)
 	}
 	ret = xa_err(xa_store(&memory_blocks, memory->dev.id, memory,
 			      GFP_KERNEL));
-	if (ret) {
-		put_device(&memory->dev);
+	if (ret)
 		device_unregister(&memory->dev);
-	}
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
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