[PATCH v2 01/19] platform/x86/intel/tpmi: Use static strings for the feature device names
From: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 14:35:35 EST
tpmi_create_device() builds the auxiliary device name in an on-stack
buffer and hands it to intel_vsec_add_aux(), which stores the pointer in
auxdev->name without copying the string. The auxiliary device outlives
tpmi_create_device(), so auxdev->name is left pointing into a stack frame
that has already been torn down.
Nothing dereferences auxdev->name after intel_vsec_add_aux() returns
today: auxiliary_device_init() only checks it for NULL and both
dev_set_name() calls copy into dev->kobj.name, while driver matching and
the modalias use dev_name() instead. So this is a latent problem rather
than a live one, but the auxiliary bus expects the name to outlive the
device, and the other intel_vsec_add_aux() caller already passes a string
literal.
Convert intel_tpmi_name() into a lookup of a static array of string
literals that already include the "tpmi-" prefix, and pass its return
value straight to intel_vsec_add_aux(). Using a static array instead of
a switch statement makes the lifetime of the returned strings obvious:
they are valid for as long as the module is loaded. The snprintf() along
with its on-stack buffer and length define are no longer needed.
The resulting device names are unchanged, so the feature drivers keep
matching on "intel_vsec.tpmi-<feature>" as before.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/intel/vsec_tpmi.c | 41 +++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/vsec_tpmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/vsec_tpmi.c
index 0153dd57838e..9b2bd0c8cbe2 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/vsec_tpmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/vsec_tpmi.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/align.h>
+#include <linux/array_size.h>
#include <linux/auxiliary_bus.h>
#include <linux/bitfield.h>
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
@@ -579,33 +580,31 @@ static void tpmi_set_control_base(struct auxiliary_device *auxdev,
tpmi_info->tpmi_control_mem = mem;
}
+/*
+ * The TPMI IDs are sparse, so the unused entries are left NULL and are
+ * rejected by the caller like any other unsupported feature.
+ */
+static const char * const intel_tpmi_names[] = {
+ [TPMI_ID_RAPL] = "tpmi-rapl",
+ [TPMI_ID_PEM] = "tpmi-pem",
+ [TPMI_ID_UNCORE] = "tpmi-uncore",
+ [TPMI_ID_SST] = "tpmi-sst",
+ [TPMI_ID_PLR] = "tpmi-plr",
+};
+
static const char *intel_tpmi_name(enum intel_tpmi_id id)
{
- switch (id) {
- case TPMI_ID_RAPL:
- return "rapl";
- case TPMI_ID_PEM:
- return "pem";
- case TPMI_ID_UNCORE:
- return "uncore";
- case TPMI_ID_SST:
- return "sst";
- case TPMI_ID_PLR:
- return "plr";
- default:
+ if (id >= ARRAY_SIZE(intel_tpmi_names))
return NULL;
- }
-}
-/* String Length for tpmi-"feature_name(upto 8 bytes)" */
-#define TPMI_FEATURE_NAME_LEN 14
+ return intel_tpmi_names[id];
+}
static int tpmi_create_device(struct intel_tpmi_info *tpmi_info,
struct intel_tpmi_pm_feature *pfs,
u64 pfs_start)
{
struct intel_vsec_device *vsec_dev = tpmi_info->vsec_dev;
- char feature_id_name[TPMI_FEATURE_NAME_LEN];
struct intel_vsec_device *feature_vsec_dev;
struct tpmi_feature_state feature_state;
struct resource *res, *tmp;
@@ -634,8 +633,6 @@ static int tpmi_create_device(struct intel_tpmi_info *tpmi_info,
feature_vsec_dev->num_resources = pfs->pfs_header.num_entries;
res = feature_vsec_dev->resource;
- snprintf(feature_id_name, sizeof(feature_id_name), "tpmi-%s", name);
-
for (i = 0, tmp = res; i < pfs->pfs_header.num_entries; i++, tmp++) {
u64 entry_size_bytes = pfs->pfs_header.entry_size * sizeof(u32);
@@ -654,9 +651,11 @@ static int tpmi_create_device(struct intel_tpmi_info *tpmi_info,
* delete is required on error or on module unload.
* feature_vsec_dev and res memory are also freed as part of
* device deletion.
+ *
+ * "name" must outlive the auxiliary device, as the auxiliary bus
+ * stores the pointer rather than a copy of the string.
*/
- return intel_vsec_add_aux(&vsec_dev->auxdev.dev,
- feature_vsec_dev, feature_id_name);
+ return intel_vsec_add_aux(&vsec_dev->auxdev.dev, feature_vsec_dev, name);
}
static int tpmi_create_devices(struct intel_tpmi_info *tpmi_info)
--
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