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Message-ID: <CAPDyKFrgYVMvaBf13ksdJ6Zr6bvLo1Jmz8yLiyg_43hs65STVQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 17:55:41 +0200
From: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
To: Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>
Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pmdomain: core: Reset genpd->states to avoid freeing
invalid data
On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 at 10:08, Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 02, 2025 at 14:06:13 +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> > If genpd_alloc_data() allocates data for the default power-states for the
> > genpd, let's make sure to also reset the pointer in the error path. This
> > makes sure a genpd provider driver doesn't end up trying to free the data
> > again, but using an invalid pointer.
>
> I maybe missing something but if kfree works similar to [1]GNU free() won't
> it make the genpd->states NULL anyway? Have you actually seen scenarios
> where the genpd->states is remaining non-NULL even after kfree?
Yes. kfree() doesn't reset the pointer to the data.
>
> [1]
> https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Freeing-after-Malloc.html#:~:text=The%20free%20function%20deallocates%20the%20block%20of%20memory%20pointed%20at%20by%20ptr%20.&text=Occasionally%2C%20free%20can%20actually%20return,malloc%20to%20reuse%20the%20space.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
> > ---
> > drivers/pmdomain/core.c | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pmdomain/core.c b/drivers/pmdomain/core.c
> > index 9b2f28b34bb5..c179464047fe 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pmdomain/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pmdomain/core.c
> > @@ -2229,8 +2229,10 @@ static int genpd_alloc_data(struct generic_pm_domain *genpd)
> > return 0;
> > put:
> > put_device(&genpd->dev);
> > - if (genpd->free_states == genpd_free_default_power_state)
> > + if (genpd->free_states == genpd_free_default_power_state) {
> > kfree(genpd->states);
> > + genpd->states = NULL;
>
> Also the coding convention for kfree in other places in pmdomains
> doesn't seem to follow this practise either...
Right. I am not suggesting changing them all. Only this one, as it's a
special case and an error path.
genpd->states may be allocated by both the genpd provider driver and
internally by genpd via pm_genpd_init(), hence we need to be a bit
more careful.
>
> $> rg -A1 kfree drivers/pmdomain
>
> Is this something we're planning to start following in pmdomains from
> now on?
As I said, this is a special case.
>
> > + }
> > free:
> > if (genpd_is_cpu_domain(genpd))
> > free_cpumask_var(genpd->cpus);
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >
> >
Kind regards
Uffe
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