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Message-ID: <ZPY3NGjRVECc2AOZ@light.dominikbrodowski.net>
Date:   Mon, 4 Sep 2023 21:59:48 +0200
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pcmcia: cs: fix possible hung task and memory leak
 pccardd()

Am Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 05:25:41PM +0800 schrieb Yang Yingliang:
> If device_register() returns error in pccardd(), it leads two issues:
> 
> 1. The socket_released has never been completed, it will block
>    pcmcia_unregister_socket(), because of waiting for completion
>    of socket_released.
> 2. The device name allocated by dev_set_name() is leaked.
> 
> Fix this two issues by calling put_device() when device_register() fails.
> socket_released can be completed in pcmcia_release_socket(), the name can
> be freed in kobject_cleanup().
> 
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pcmcia/cs.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
> index f70197154a36..820cce7c8b40 100644
> --- a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
> +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
> @@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ static int pccardd(void *__skt)
>  		dev_warn(&skt->dev, "PCMCIA: unable to register socket\n");
>  		skt->thread = NULL;
>  		complete(&skt->thread_done);
> +		put_device(&skt->dev);
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  	ret = pccard_sysfs_add_socket(&skt->dev);
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

Applied to pcmcia-next, thanks!

	Dominik

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