Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] usb: udc: allow adding and removing the same gadget device

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 10:12:01AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> 
> > > Oddly enough, yes.  But it doesn't explain why this code doesn't blow 
> > > up every time it gets called, in its current form.
> > 
> > Well, it does :-)
> > 
> > dev_get_drvdata(_dev) -> NULL -> kfree(NULL)
> > 
> > We're just leaking memory. I guess a patch like below would be best:
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/net2280.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/net2280.c
> > index 3828c2ec8623..4dc04253da61 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/net2280.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/net2280.c
> > @@ -3555,13 +3555,6 @@ static irqreturn_t net2280_irq(int irq, void *_dev)
> >  
> >  /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
> >  
> > -static void gadget_release(struct device *_dev)
> > -{
> > -	struct net2280	*dev = dev_get_drvdata(_dev);
> > -
> > -	kfree(dev);
> > -}
> > -
> >  /* tear down the binding between this driver and the pci device */
> >  
> >  static void net2280_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> > @@ -3598,6 +3591,8 @@ static void net2280_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> >  	device_remove_file(&pdev->dev, &dev_attr_registers);
> >  
> >  	ep_info(dev, "unbind\n");
> > +
> > +	kfree(dev);
> >  }
> >  
> >  /* wrap this driver around the specified device, but
> > @@ -3775,8 +3770,7 @@ static int net2280_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
> >  	if (retval)
> >  		goto done;
> >  
> > -	retval = usb_add_gadget_udc_release(&pdev->dev, &dev->gadget,
> > -			gadget_release);
> > +	retval = usb_add_gadget_udc(&pdev->dev, &dev->gadget);
> >  	if (retval)
> >  		goto done;
> >  	return 0;
> 
> Maybe...  But I can't shake the feeling that Greg KH would strongly 
> disagree.  Hasn't he said, many times in the past, that any dynamically 
> allocated device structure _must_ have a real release routine?  
> usb_udc_nop_release() doesn't qualify.

Aw, I wanted to publically yell at someone like the kernel documentation
says I am allowed to do so if anyone does such a foolish thing :)