Re: [PATCH v2] driver core: Extend device_is_dependent()

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Jan 19 2021 - 13:03:24 EST


On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 7:31 PM Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> If the device passed as the target (second argument) to
> device_is_dependent() is not completely registered (that is, it has
> been initialized, but not added yet), but the parent pointer of it
> is set, it may be missing from the list of the parent's children
> and device_for_each_child() called by device_is_dependent() cannot
> be relied on to catch that dependency.
>
> For this reason, modify device_is_dependent() to check the ancestors
> of the target device by following its parent pointer in addition to
> the device_for_each_child() walk.
>
> Fixes: 9ed9895370ae ("driver core: Functional dependencies tracking support")
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Stephan Gerhold <stephan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Stephan Gerhold <stephan@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Greg, are you going to pick up this one or do you want me to take care of it?

It has been reviewed by Saravana.

> ---
>
> -> v2:
> * Improve the changelog.
> * Add a comment to explain the reason for the extra check.
> * Add tags.
>
> No code changes.
>
> ---
> drivers/base/core.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/base/core.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ int device_links_read_lock_held(void)
> #endif
> #endif /* !CONFIG_SRCU */
>
> +static bool device_is_ancestor(struct device *dev, struct device *target)
> +{
> + while (target->parent) {
> + target = target->parent;
> + if (dev == target)
> + return true;
> + }
> + return false;
> +}
> +
> /**
> * device_is_dependent - Check if one device depends on another one
> * @dev: Device to check dependencies for.
> @@ -221,7 +231,12 @@ int device_is_dependent(struct device *d
> struct device_link *link;
> int ret;
>
> - if (dev == target)
> + /*
> + * The "ancestors" check is needed to catch the case when the target
> + * device has not been completely initialized yet and it is still
> + * missing from the list of children of its parent device.
> + */
> + if (dev == target || device_is_ancestor(dev, target))
> return 1;
>
> ret = device_for_each_child(dev, target, device_is_dependent);
>
>
>