Re: [PATCH] hwmon: acpi_power_meter: Use acpi_bus_get_acpi_device()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Oct 12 2021 - 15:02:31 EST


On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 07:30:40PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In read_domain_devices(), acpi_bus_get_device() is called to obtain
> the ACPI device object attached to the given ACPI handle and
> subsequently that object is passed to get_device() for reference
> counting, but there is a window between the acpi_bus_get_device()
> and get_device() calls in which the ACPI device object in question
> may go away.
>
> To address this issue, make read_domain_devices() use
> acpi_bus_get_acpi_device() to reference count and return the given
> ACPI device object in one go and export that function to modules.
>
> While at it, also make read_domain_devices() and
> remove_domain_devices() use acpi_dev_put() instead of calling
> put_device() directly on the ACPI device objects returned by
> acpi_bus_get_acpi_device().

Good catch!

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/scan.c | 1 +
> drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c | 13 +++++--------
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
> @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static void remove_domain_devices(struct
>
> sysfs_remove_link(resource->holders_dir,
> kobject_name(&obj->dev.kobj));
> - put_device(&obj->dev);
> + acpi_dev_put(obj);
> }
>
> kfree(resource->domain_devices);
> @@ -597,18 +597,15 @@ static int read_domain_devices(struct ac
> continue;
>
> /* Create a symlink to domain objects */
> - resource->domain_devices[i] = NULL;
> - if (acpi_bus_get_device(element->reference.handle,
> - &resource->domain_devices[i]))
> + obj = acpi_bus_get_acpi_device(element->reference.handle);
> + resource->domain_devices[i] = obj;
> + if (!obj)
> continue;
>
> - obj = resource->domain_devices[i];
> - get_device(&obj->dev);
> -
> res = sysfs_create_link(resource->holders_dir, &obj->dev.kobj,
> kobject_name(&obj->dev.kobj));
> if (res) {
> - put_device(&obj->dev);
> + acpi_dev_put(obj);
> resource->domain_devices[i] = NULL;
> }
> }
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> @@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ struct acpi_device *acpi_bus_get_acpi_de
> {
> return handle_to_device(handle, get_acpi_device);
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_bus_get_acpi_device);
>
> static struct acpi_device_bus_id *acpi_device_bus_id_match(const char *dev_id)
> {
>
>
>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko