linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] fbdev: efifb: Cleanup fb_info in .fb

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Date:   Fri, 6 May 2022 15:18:44 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] fbdev: efifb: Cleanup fb_info in .fb_destroy
 rather than .remove

Hello Andrzej,

On 5/6/22 15:07, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> On 06.05.2022 00:05, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:

[snip]

>> +
>> +	framebuffer_release(info);
>> +
>>   	if (request_mem_succeeded)
>>   		release_mem_region(info->apertures->ranges[0].base,
>>   				   info->apertures->ranges[0].size);
> 
> You are releasing info, then you are using it.
> 
> I suspect it is responsible for multiple failures of Intel CI [1].
>

Yes, it is :( sorry about the mess. Ville already reported this to me.
I'll post a patch in a minute.
 
I wonder how this didn't happen before since .remove() happens before
.fb_destroy() AFAIU...

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat