Forwarded: Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING: kobject bug in goku_remove

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Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 23:10:16 EST


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Subject: Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING: kobject bug in goku_remove
Author: chenglingfei@xxxxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 3aa1dcaa4f6f5ae08936491e08bd456f331f2d40

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/goku_udc.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/goku_udc.c
index ac2a984c2f87..7af6da63e83b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/goku_udc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/goku_udc.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
// #define VERBOSE /* extra debug messages (success too) */
// #define USB_TRACE /* packet-level success messages */

+#include <linux/container_of.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
@@ -1052,8 +1053,6 @@ static inline const char *dmastr(void)

#ifdef CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DEBUG_FILES

-static const char proc_node_name [] = "driver/udc";
-
#define FOURBITS "%s%s%s%s"
#define EIGHTBITS FOURBITS FOURBITS

@@ -1701,7 +1700,7 @@ static irqreturn_t goku_irq(int irq, void *_dev)

static void gadget_release(struct device *_dev)
{
- struct goku_udc *dev = dev_get_drvdata(_dev);
+ struct goku_udc *dev = container_of(_dev, struct goku_udc, gadget.dev);

kfree(dev);
}
@@ -1714,12 +1713,13 @@ static void goku_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)

DBG(dev, "%s\n", __func__);

- usb_del_gadget_udc(&dev->gadget);
+ if (dev->added)
+ usb_del_gadget(&dev->gadget);

BUG_ON(dev->driver);

#ifdef CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DEBUG_FILES
- remove_proc_entry(proc_node_name, NULL);
+ proc_remove(dev->proc_entry);
#endif
if (dev->regs)
udc_reset(dev);
@@ -1736,6 +1736,8 @@ static void goku_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
dev->regs = NULL;

INFO(dev, "unbind\n");
+
+ usb_put_gadget(&dev->gadget);
}

/* wrap this driver around the specified pci device, but
@@ -1748,19 +1750,19 @@ static int goku_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
unsigned long resource, len;
void __iomem *base = NULL;
int retval;
+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DEBUG_FILES
+ char proc_node_name[64];
+#endif

if (!pdev->irq) {
printk(KERN_ERR "Check PCI %s IRQ setup!\n", pci_name(pdev));
- retval = -ENODEV;
- goto err;
+ return -ENODEV;
}

/* alloc, and start init */
dev = kzalloc_obj(*dev);
- if (!dev) {
- retval = -ENOMEM;
- goto err;
- }
+ if (!dev)
+ return -ENOMEM;

pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
spin_lock_init(&dev->lock);
@@ -1771,6 +1773,8 @@ static int goku_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
/* the "gadget" abstracts/virtualizes the controller */
dev->gadget.name = driver_name;

+ usb_initialize_gadget(&pdev->dev, &dev->gadget, gadget_release);
+
/* now all the pci goodies ... */
retval = pci_enable_device(pdev);
if (retval < 0) {
@@ -1815,21 +1819,21 @@ static int goku_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)


#ifdef CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DEBUG_FILES
- proc_create_single_data(proc_node_name, 0, NULL, udc_proc_read, dev);
+ snprintf(proc_node_name, sizeof(proc_node_name), "driver/goku_udc-%s",
+ pci_name(pdev));
+ dev->proc_entry = proc_create_single_data(proc_node_name, 0, NULL,
+ udc_proc_read, dev);
#endif

- retval = usb_add_gadget_udc_release(&pdev->dev, &dev->gadget,
- gadget_release);
+ retval = usb_add_gadget(&dev->gadget);
if (retval)
goto err;
+ dev->added = 1;

return 0;

err:
- if (dev)
- goku_remove (pdev);
- /* gadget_release is not registered yet, kfree explicitly */
- kfree(dev);
+ goku_remove(pdev);
return retval;
}

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/goku_udc.h b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/goku_udc.h
index 70023d401079..0ca2d49d25ba 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/goku_udc.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/goku_udc.h
@@ -247,7 +247,12 @@ struct goku_udc {
got_region:1,
req_config:1,
configured:1,
- enabled:1;
+ enabled:1,
+ added:1;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DEBUG_FILES
+ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_entry;
+#endif

/* pci state used to access those endpoints */
struct pci_dev *pdev;
@@ -286,4 +291,3 @@ struct goku_udc {
xprintk(dev , KERN_WARNING , fmt , ## args)
#define INFO(dev,fmt,args...) \
xprintk(dev , KERN_INFO , fmt , ## args)
-