Re: [PATCH v2 22/22] media: Ensure media device unregister is done only once

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Thu Feb 04 2016 - 05:41:17 EST


Em Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:03:54 -0700
Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> media_device_unregister() checks if the media device
> is registered or not as the first step. However, the
> MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED bit doesn't get cleared until
> the end leaving a large window for two drivers to
> attempt media device unregister.
>
> The above leads to general protection faults when
> device is removed.
>
> Fix the problem with two phase media device unregister.
> Add a new interface media_devnode_start_unregister()
> to clear the MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED bit. Change
> media_device_unregister() call this interface to mark
> the start of unregister. This will ensure that media
> device unregister is done only once.

Hmm... it sounds simpler to use a kref at device register
and when other drivers need instantiate media_dev. We can
then do a kref_put() at unregister, and run the actual
unregister code and media_ctl kfree only when kref is
decremented on all drivers.

Regards,
Mauro
>
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/media-device.c | 12 ++++++------
> drivers/media/media-devnode.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
> include/media/media-devnode.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/media-device.c b/drivers/media/media-device.c
> index 1f5d67e..584d46e 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/media-device.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/media-device.c
> @@ -747,17 +747,17 @@ void media_device_unregister(struct media_device *mdev)
> struct media_entity *next;
> struct media_interface *intf, *tmp_intf;
> struct media_entity_notify *notify, *nextp;
> + int ret;
>
> if (mdev == NULL)
> return;
>
> - spin_lock(&mdev->lock);
> -
> - /* Check if mdev was ever registered at all */
> - if (!media_devnode_is_registered(&mdev->devnode)) {
> - spin_unlock(&mdev->lock);
> + /* Start unregister - continue if necessary */
> + ret = media_devnode_start_unregister(&mdev->devnode);
> + if (ret)
> return;
> - }
> +
> + spin_lock(&mdev->lock);
>
> /* Remove all entities from the media device */
> list_for_each_entry_safe(entity, next, &mdev->entities, graph_obj.list)
> diff --git a/drivers/media/media-devnode.c b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
> index 29409f4..c27f9e7 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
> @@ -272,15 +272,20 @@ error:
> return ret;
> }
>
> -void media_devnode_unregister(struct media_devnode *mdev)
> +int __must_check media_devnode_start_unregister(struct media_devnode *mdev)
> {
> - /* Check if mdev was ever registered at all */
> - if (!media_devnode_is_registered(mdev))
> - return;
> -
> mutex_lock(&media_devnode_lock);
> + if (!media_devnode_is_registered(mdev)) {
> + mutex_unlock(&media_devnode_lock);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> clear_bit(MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED, &mdev->flags);
> mutex_unlock(&media_devnode_lock);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +void media_devnode_unregister(struct media_devnode *mdev)
> +{
> device_unregister(&mdev->dev);
> }
>
> diff --git a/include/media/media-devnode.h b/include/media/media-devnode.h
> index fe42f08..6f08677 100644
> --- a/include/media/media-devnode.h
> +++ b/include/media/media-devnode.h
> @@ -120,6 +120,23 @@ int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *mdev,
> struct module *owner);
>
> /**
> + * media_devnode_start_unregister - start unregister on a media device node
> + * @mdev: the device node to start unregister
> + *
> + * This clears the MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED bit to indicate that unregister
> + * is in progress.
> + *
> + * This function can safely be called if the device node has never been
> + * registered or has already been unregistered.
> + *
> + * Zero is returned on success.
> + *
> + * -EINVAL is returned if the device node has never been
> + * registered or has already been unregistered.
> + */
> +int __must_check media_devnode_start_unregister(struct media_devnode *mdev);
> +
> +/**
> * media_devnode_unregister - unregister a media device node
> * @mdev: the device node to unregister
> *