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Message-ID: <20230830120601.000043a6@Huawei.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:06:01 +0100
From: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
To: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
CC: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>,
Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
<linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Ben Widawsky <bwidawsk@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxl/region: Clarify pointers in unregister_region()
On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:47:46 -0700
Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com> wrote:
> devm_add_action_or_reset() passes a void * data parameter to the
> callback. In the case of CXL regions, unregister_region() is passed a
> struct cxl_region *.
>
> unregister_region() incorrectly interprets this as a struct device
> pointer. Fortunately the device structure was the first member of
> cxl_region. Therefore the code still works. However, should struct
> cxl_region change the bug could be subtle.
>
> Use the proper types in unregister_region() and extract the device
> pointer correctly.
>
> Fixes: 779dd20cfb56 ("cxl/region: Add region creation support")
> Cc: Ben Widawsky <bwidawsk@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
> ---
> drivers/cxl/core/region.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> index e115ba382e04..471d305ef675 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
> @@ -2018,10 +2018,11 @@ static struct cxl_region *to_cxl_region(struct device *dev)
> return container_of(dev, struct cxl_region, dev);
> }
>
> -static void unregister_region(void *dev)
> +static void unregister_region(void *_cxlr)
> {
> - struct cxl_region *cxlr = to_cxl_region(dev);
> + struct cxl_region *cxlr = _cxlr;
> struct cxl_region_params *p = &cxlr->params;
> + struct device *dev = &cxlr->dev;
> int i;
>
> device_del(dev);
>
> ---
> base-commit: 1c59d383390f970b891b503b7f79b63a02db2ec5
> change-id: 20230829-cxl-clarify-ptrs-f38255b7e52b
>
> Best regards,
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