Re: [PATCH] s390/vfio-ap: Fix module unload memory leak of matrix_dev

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Fri Jun 18 2021 - 10:10:25 EST


On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 09:35:24AM -0400, Jason J. Herne wrote:
> vfio_ap_matrix_dev_release is shadowing the global matrix_dev with driver
> data that never gets set. So when release is called we end up not freeing
> matrix_dev. The fix is to remove the shadow variable and just free the
> global.

I would clarify this commit message to say that the drv_data of the
matrix_dev is never set and so dev_get_drvdata() always returns NULL

And I would suggest to use

container_of(dev, struct ap_matrix_dev, dev)

instead of the global variable, and probably NULL the global
too..

Jason