linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: audio_helper: remove unused and wrong debugfs usage

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Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:53:56 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>, greybus-dev@...ts.linaro.org,
        stable <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: audio_helper: remove unused and wrong
 debugfs usage

On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 03:06:49PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2022 at 04:37:15PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > In the greybus audio_helper code, the debugfs file for the dapm has the
> > potential to be removed and memory will be leaked.  There is also the
> > very real potential for this code to remove ALL debugfs entries from the
> > system, and it seems like this is what will really happen if this code
> > ever runs.  This all is very wrong as the greybus audio driver did not
> > create this debugfs file, the sound core did and controls the lifespan
> > of it.
> 
> Yeah, this looks very broken indeed.
> 
> > So remove all of the debugfs logic from the audio_helper code as there's
> > no way it could be correct.  If this really is needed, it can come back
> > with a fixup for the incorrect usage of the debugfs_lookup() call which
> > is what caused this to be noticed at all.
> 
> > Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: greybus-dev@...ts.linaro.org
> > Cc: linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
> > Cc: stable <stable@...nel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> I know this has already been applied, but still:
> 
> Acked-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>

Thanks for the review, much appreciated.

greg k-h