[PATCH v2 2/3] soundwire: debugfs: replace writable string helper
From: Yichong Chen
Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 04:56:37 EST
debugfs_create_str() is being made read-only because its generic write path
is hard to make safe without adding more locking to the helper.
Convert the SoundWire firmware_file entry to a local write-only file
operation before removing writable string support from
debugfs_create_str().
Copy the firmware name before request_firmware() so later debugfs writes
cannot replace the string while it is being used.
Signed-off-by: Yichong Chen <chenyichong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/soundwire/debugfs.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/debugfs.c b/drivers/soundwire/debugfs.c
index 099eb84a548e..bba2b65a0668 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/debugfs.c
@@ -145,6 +145,38 @@ static u32 start_addr;
static size_t num_bytes;
static u8 read_buffer[MAX_CMD_BYTES];
static char *firmware_file;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(firmware_file_lock);
+
+static ssize_t firmware_file_write(struct file *file,
+ const char __user *user_buf,
+ size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ char *old, *new;
+
+ if (*ppos)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (count + 1 > PAGE_SIZE)
+ return -E2BIG;
+
+ new = memdup_user_nul(user_buf, count);
+ if (IS_ERR(new))
+ return PTR_ERR(new);
+ strim(new);
+
+ mutex_lock(&firmware_file_lock);
+ old = firmware_file;
+ firmware_file = new;
+ mutex_unlock(&firmware_file_lock);
+
+ kfree(old);
+ return count;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations firmware_file_fops = {
+ .open = simple_open,
+ .write = firmware_file_write,
+ .llseek = default_llseek,
+};
static int set_command(void *data, u64 value)
{
@@ -246,6 +278,7 @@ static int cmd_go(void *data, u64 value)
{
const struct firmware *fw = NULL;
struct sdw_slave *slave = data;
+ char *fw_name = NULL;
ktime_t start_t;
ktime_t finish_t;
int ret;
@@ -265,15 +298,24 @@ static int cmd_go(void *data, u64 value)
}
if (cmd == 0) {
- ret = request_firmware(&fw, firmware_file, &slave->dev);
+ mutex_lock(&firmware_file_lock);
+ if (firmware_file)
+ fw_name = kstrdup(firmware_file, GFP_KERNEL);
+ mutex_unlock(&firmware_file_lock);
+ if (!fw_name) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ret = request_firmware(&fw, fw_name, &slave->dev);
if (ret < 0) {
- dev_err(&slave->dev, "firmware %s not found\n", firmware_file);
+ dev_err(&slave->dev, "firmware %s not found\n", fw_name);
goto out;
}
if (fw->size < num_bytes) {
dev_err(&slave->dev,
"firmware %s: firmware size %zd, desired %zd\n",
- firmware_file, fw->size, num_bytes);
+ fw_name, fw->size, num_bytes);
goto out;
}
}
@@ -306,6 +348,7 @@ static int cmd_go(void *data, u64 value)
out:
if (fw)
release_firmware(fw);
+ kfree(fw_name);
pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&slave->dev);
pm_runtime_put(&slave->dev);
@@ -358,7 +401,8 @@ void sdw_slave_debugfs_init(struct sdw_slave *slave)
debugfs_create_file("read_buffer", 0400, d, slave, &read_buffer_fops);
if (firmware_file)
- debugfs_create_str("firmware_file", 0200, d, &firmware_file);
+ debugfs_create_file("firmware_file", 0200, d, NULL,
+ &firmware_file_fops);
slave->debugfs = d;
}
@@ -370,8 +414,10 @@ void sdw_slave_debugfs_exit(struct sdw_slave *slave)
void sdw_debugfs_init(void)
{
+ mutex_lock(&firmware_file_lock);
if (!firmware_file)
firmware_file = kstrdup("", GFP_KERNEL);
+ mutex_unlock(&firmware_file_lock);
sdw_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("soundwire", NULL);
}
@@ -379,6 +425,8 @@ void sdw_debugfs_init(void)
void sdw_debugfs_exit(void)
{
debugfs_remove_recursive(sdw_debugfs_root);
+ mutex_lock(&firmware_file_lock);
kfree(firmware_file);
firmware_file = NULL;
+ mutex_unlock(&firmware_file_lock);
}
--
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