Re: [alsa-devel] [BUG] Kernel crash on Allwinner H3 due to sound core changes

From: Jernej Åkrabec
Date: Thu Mar 08 2018 - 01:03:37 EST


Hi,

Thank you for looking into it so quickly.

Dne Äetrtek, 08. marec 2018 ob 02:21:02 CET je Kuninori Morimoto napisal(a):
> Hi Jernej
>
> Thank you for your hard work
>
> > I found the issue. Commit be7ee5f32a9a ("ASoC: soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm:
> >
> > replace platform to component") changes struct dmaengine_pcm:
> > struct dmaengine_pcm {
> >
> > struct dma_chan *chan[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_LAST + 1];
> > const struct snd_dmaengine_pcm_config *config;
> >
> > - struct snd_soc_platform platform;
> > + struct snd_soc_component component;
> >
> > unsigned int flags;
> >
> > };
> >
> > In snd_dmaengine_pcm_register():
> > ret = snd_soc_add_component(dev, &pcm->component,
> >
> > &dmaengine_pcm_component, NULL, 0);
> >
> > And now, sun4i-codec first time returns -EPROBE_DEFER since driver for
> > analog part is not yet loaded. Because of that, all components get
> > destroyed.
> >
> > snd_dmaengine_pcm_unregister() calls snd_soc_unregister_component() and
> > that one calls __snd_soc_unregister_component() multiple times (until it
> > fails).
> >
> > Issue is that __snd_soc_unregister_component() uses kfree() on component
> > pointer and that naturally can't succed since component was never
> > kmalloc'ed since it is a part of a bigger structure - struct
> > dmaengine_pcm.
> >
> > What would be the best fix? Changing struct dmaengine_pcm to have pointer
> > to a component, so it can be freed?
>
> Ahh.. indeed. Good catch !
> How about to add such flag ?
> This is just idea. No tested, No compiled, but can help you ?
>
> One note here is that reusing "registered_as_component" flag is
> not good idea, because it will be removed
> when platform/codec were removed
>
> ------------------------
> diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
> index 1a73232..b9b1b4c 100644
> --- a/include/sound/soc.h
> +++ b/include/sound/soc.h
> @@ -853,6 +853,7 @@ struct snd_soc_component {
> unsigned int ignore_pmdown_time:1; /* pmdown_time is ignored at stop */
> unsigned int registered_as_component:1;
> unsigned int suspended:1; /* is in suspend PM state */
> + unsigned int alloced_component:1;
>
> struct list_head list;
> struct list_head card_aux_list; /* for auxiliary bound components */
> diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
> index c0edac8..0e33bcf 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
> @@ -3492,6 +3492,7 @@ int snd_soc_register_component(struct device *dev,
> if (!component)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> + component->alloced_component = 1;
> return snd_soc_add_component(dev, component, component_driver,
> dai_drv, num_dai);
> }
> @@ -3523,7 +3524,9 @@ static int __snd_soc_unregister_component(struct
> device *dev)
>
> if (found) {
> snd_soc_component_cleanup(component);
> - kfree(component);
> +
> + if (component->alloced_component)
> + kfree(component);
> }
>
> return found;
> ------------------------

I tested this patch and there is no crash anymore. If you will send it as a
fix, you can add:

Reported-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@xxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@xxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Jernej