[PATCH v2 RESEND] tty/n_gsm.c: fix a memory leak when gsmtty is removed

From: Pan Xinhui
Date: Thu Mar 26 2015 - 22:44:14 EST


when gsmtty_remove put dlci, it will cause memory leak if dlci->port's refcount is zero.
So we do the cleanup work in .cleanup callback instead.

dlci will be last put in two call chains.
1) gsmld_close -> gsm_cleanup_mux -> gsm_dlci_release -> dlci_put
2) gsmld_remove -> dlci_put
so there is a race. the memory leak depends on the race.

In call chain 2. we hit the memory leak. below comment tells.

release_tty -> tty_driver_remove_tty -> gsmtty_remove -> dlci_put -> tty_port_destructor (WARN_ON(port->itty) and return directly)
|
tty->port->itty = NULL;
|
tty_kref_put ---> release_one_tty -> gsmtty_cleanup (added by our patch)

So our patch fix the memory leak by doing the cleanup work after tty core did.

Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhuix.pan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
Don't use schedule_work to put dlci. Replace .remove with .cleanup callback.

drivers/tty/n_gsm.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
index c434376..bce16e4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
@@ -3170,7 +3170,7 @@ static int gsmtty_break_ctl(struct tty_struct *tty, int state)
return gsmtty_modem_update(dlci, encode);
}
-static void gsmtty_remove(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
+static void gsmtty_cleanup(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct gsm_dlci *dlci = tty->driver_data;
struct gsm_mux *gsm = dlci->gsm;
@@ -3178,7 +3178,6 @@ static void gsmtty_remove(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
dlci_put(dlci);
dlci_put(gsm->dlci[0]);
mux_put(gsm);
- driver->ttys[tty->index] = NULL;
}
/* Virtual ttys for the demux */
@@ -3199,7 +3198,7 @@ static const struct tty_operations gsmtty_ops = {
.tiocmget = gsmtty_tiocmget,
.tiocmset = gsmtty_tiocmset,
.break_ctl = gsmtty_break_ctl,
- .remove = gsmtty_remove,
+ .cleanup = gsmtty_cleanup,
};
--
1.9.1
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