linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] tty: moxa: add missing pci_disable

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Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:12:03 +0800
From:   Ruan Jinjie <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     <jirislaby@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] tty: moxa: add missing pci_disable_device()



On 2022/9/23 17:56, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 05:25:30PM +0800, ruanjinjie wrote:
>> Driver should call pci_disable_device() if it returns from
>> moxa_pci_probe() with error.
> 
> Why?
> 
> That is not a normal thing to do, as you can disable other PCI devices
> attached to it, right?
> 
>> Meanwhile, the driver calls pci_enable_device() in
>> moxa_pci_probe(), but never calls pci_disable_device() during removal.
> 
> And is that really a problem?
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: ruanjinjie <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/tty/moxa.c | 4 +++-
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Do you have this hardware to test with?
> 
> How did you find this issue?
> 

We use static analysis via coccinelle to find the above issue. The
command we use is below:

spatch -I include -timeout 60 -very_quiet -sp_file
pci_disable_device_missing.cocci drivers/tty/moxa.c

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h