Re: Manual unbind of ATA devices causes use-after-free

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Wed, Nov 01, 2017 at 04:24:47PM -0700, Taras Kondratiuk wrote:
> Manual unbind/remove unconditionally invokes devres_release_all which
> calls ata_host_release() and frees ata_host/ata_port memory while it is
> still being referenced (e.g as a parent of SCSI host).
> 
> Is there a reason why ata_host is using derves which is not refcounted?
> Does it make sense to add recounting to ata_host?

Hmm... the removal path is supposed to drain everything synchronously.
What kind of controller is it?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun