[PATCH v3] uio: Fix uio driver to refcount device

From: Brian Russell
Date: Thu Mar 19 2015 - 07:00:13 EST


Protect uio driver from crashing if its owner being unplugged while there are open fds.
Embed struct device in struct uio_device, use refcounting on device, free
uio_device on release.

Signed-off-by: Brian Russell <brussell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/uio/uio.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
include/linux/uio_driver.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index 6276f13..6b64a6a 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static int uio_dev_add_attributes(struct uio_device *idev)
if (!map_found) {
map_found = 1;
idev->map_dir = kobject_create_and_add("maps",
- &idev->dev->kobj);
+ &idev->dev.kobj);
if (!idev->map_dir)
goto err_map;
}
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static int uio_dev_add_attributes(struct uio_device *idev)
if (!portio_found) {
portio_found = 1;
idev->portio_dir = kobject_create_and_add("portio",
- &idev->dev->kobj);
+ &idev->dev.kobj);
if (!idev->portio_dir)
goto err_portio;
}
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ err_map_kobj:
kobject_put(&map->kobj);
}
kobject_put(idev->map_dir);
- dev_err(idev->dev, "error creating sysfs files (%d)\n", ret);
+ dev_err(&idev->dev, "error creating sysfs files (%d)\n", ret);
return ret;
}

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static int uio_get_minor(struct uio_device *idev)
idev->minor = retval;
retval = 0;
} else if (retval == -ENOSPC) {
- dev_err(idev->dev, "too many uio devices\n");
+ dev_err(&idev->dev, "too many uio devices\n");
retval = -EINVAL;
}
mutex_unlock(&minor_lock);
@@ -434,9 +434,11 @@ static int uio_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
goto out;
}

+ get_device(&idev->dev);
+
if (!try_module_get(idev->owner)) {
ret = -ENODEV;
- goto out;
+ goto err_module_get;
}

listener = kmalloc(sizeof(*listener), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -462,6 +464,9 @@ err_infoopen:
err_alloc_listener:
module_put(idev->owner);

+err_module_get:
+ put_device(&idev->dev);
+
out:
return ret;
}
@@ -485,6 +490,7 @@ static int uio_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)

module_put(idev->owner);
kfree(listener);
+ put_device(&idev->dev);
return ret;
}

@@ -785,6 +791,13 @@ static void release_uio_class(void)
uio_major_cleanup();
}

+static void uio_device_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct uio_device *idev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+ kfree(idev);
+}
+
/**
* uio_register_device - register a new userspace IO device
* @owner: module that creates the new device
@@ -805,7 +818,7 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner,

info->uio_dev = NULL;

- idev = devm_kzalloc(parent, sizeof(*idev), GFP_KERNEL);
+ idev = kzalloc(sizeof(*idev), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!idev) {
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -819,14 +832,19 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner,
if (ret)
return ret;

- idev->dev = device_create(&uio_class, parent,
- MKDEV(uio_major, idev->minor), idev,
- "uio%d", idev->minor);
- if (IS_ERR(idev->dev)) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "UIO: device register failed\n");
- ret = PTR_ERR(idev->dev);
+ idev->dev.devt = MKDEV(uio_major, idev->minor);
+ idev->dev.class = &uio_class;
+ idev->dev.parent = parent;
+ idev->dev.release = uio_device_release;
+ dev_set_drvdata(&idev->dev, idev);
+
+ ret = kobject_set_name(&idev->dev.kobj, "uio%d", idev->minor);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_device_create;
+
+ ret = device_register(&idev->dev);
+ if (ret)
goto err_device_create;
- }

ret = uio_dev_add_attributes(idev);
if (ret)
@@ -835,7 +853,7 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner,
info->uio_dev = idev;

if (info->irq && (info->irq != UIO_IRQ_CUSTOM)) {
- ret = devm_request_irq(idev->dev, info->irq, uio_interrupt,
+ ret = request_irq(info->irq, uio_interrupt,
info->irq_flags, info->name, idev);
if (ret)
goto err_request_irq;
@@ -846,7 +864,10 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner,
err_request_irq:
uio_dev_del_attributes(idev);
err_uio_dev_add_attributes:
- device_destroy(&uio_class, MKDEV(uio_major, idev->minor));
+ uio_free_minor(idev);
+ device_unregister(&idev->dev);
+ return ret;
+
err_device_create:
uio_free_minor(idev);
return ret;
@@ -871,7 +892,8 @@ void uio_unregister_device(struct uio_info *info)

uio_dev_del_attributes(idev);

- device_destroy(&uio_class, MKDEV(uio_major, idev->minor));
+ device_unregister(&idev->dev);
+ free_irq(idev->info->irq, idev);

return;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/uio_driver.h b/include/linux/uio_driver.h
index 32c0e83..a11feeb 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio_driver.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct uio_port {

struct uio_device {
struct module *owner;
- struct device *dev;
+ struct device dev;
int minor;
atomic_t event;
struct fasync_struct *async_queue;
--
2.1.4

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