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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:40:23 +0200
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To: "Peter Griffin" <peter.griffin@...aro.org>, "Lee Jones" <lee@...nel.org>,
"Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzk@...nel.org>,
"Alim Akhtar" <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Tudor Ambarus" <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>,
André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org>,
"Saravana Kannan" <saravanak@...gle.com>,
"William McVicker" <willmcvicker@...gle.com>,
"Sam Protsenko" <semen.protsenko@...aro.org>, kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mfd: syscon: add of_syscon_register_regmap() API
On Thu, Jun 20, 2024, at 13:24, Peter Griffin wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@...aro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Reviewed-by: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@...aro.org>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Keep syscon lock held between checking and adding entry (Krzysztof)
Unfortunately you now have a different bug:
> + /* check if syscon entry already exists */
> + spin_lock(&syscon_list_slock);
> +
> + list_for_each_entry(entry, &syscon_list, list)
> + if (entry->np == np) {
> + syscon = entry;
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + if (syscon) {
> + ret = -EEXIST;
> + goto err_unlock;
> + }
> +
> + syscon = kzalloc(sizeof(*syscon), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!syscon) {
> + ret = -ENOMEM;
> + goto err_unlock;
> + }
You can't use GFP_KERNEL while holding a spinlock.
I think the correct way to do this is to move the allocation
before the locked section, and then free it in the failure case.
Arnd
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