Re: [PATCH] staging: bcm2835-audio: Disconnect and free vchi_instance on module_exit()

[Stefan Wahren]

Hi Kirill,

Am 24.04.2018 um 02:35 schrieb Kirill Marinushkin:
> On 04/23/18 15:50, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 07:00:28AM +0200, Kirill Marinushkin wrote:
> > > In the current implementation, vchi_instance is inited during the first
> > > call of bcm2835_audio_open_connection(), and is never freed. It causes a
> > > memory leak when the module `snd_bcm2835` is removed.
> > >
> > > Here is how this commit fixes it:
> > >
> > > * the VCHI context (including vchi_instance) is created once in the
> > >    platform's devres
> > > * the VCHI context is allocated and connected once during module_init()
> > > * all created bcm2835_chips have a pointer to this VCHI context
> > > * bcm2835_audio_open_connection() can access the VCHI context through the
> > >    associated bcm2835_chip
> > > * the VCHI context is disconnected and freed once during module_exit()
> > >
> > > After this commit is applied, I don't see other issues with the module's
> > > init/exit, so I also remove the associated TODO task.
> > >
> > > Steps to reproduce the memory leak before this commit:
> > <snip>
> >
> > Patch dropped due to kbuild complaints.
> >
> > Please fix up and resend.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
> Hello Greg,
>
> Due to which complains of kbuild is the patch dropped?
> I would like to fix the complains, but I don't see any errors or warnings on my
> side.
> Are you sure that the kbuild test robot did it's job correctly? The log says:
>
> > > it may well be a FALSE warning
> Please show me what is wrong in my patch.
>
> The log from kbuild test robot says:
>
> > > [auto build test WARNING on staging/staging-testing]
> > > [also build test WARNING on v4.17-rc1]
> > > [cannot apply to anholt/for-next]
> > > [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to
> help improve the system]
> > > url:
> https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Kirill-Marinushkin/staging-bcm2835-audio-Disconnect-and-free-vchi_instance-on-module_exit/20180417-193147
> > > config: arm-allmodconfig
> > > compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Debian 7.2.0-11) 7.2.0
> > > reproduce:
> > > wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross
> -O ~/bin/make.cross
> > > chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
> > > make.cross ARCH=arm allmodconfig
> > > make.cross ARCH=arm
> > >
> > > Note: it may well be a FALSE warning. FWIW you are at least aware of it now.
> > > http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Better_Uninitialized_Warnings
> I cannot clone from the given url, because it does not exist.
> I cannot use the compiler from the log, because it is built for x86_64, and my
> host machine is i686.
> Below are the steps how I tried to reproduce the issue, but errors or warnings
> didn't happen.
>
> I applied the patch on top of the following upstream tag:
> 60cc43fc8884 (tag: v4.17-rc1) Linux 4.17-rc1
>
> And executed:
> make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- --jobs=4 ARCH=arm allmodconfig
> make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- --jobs=4 ARCH=arm
>
> But the compilation succeed without any errors or warnings.
>
> My compiler version is:
> arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1-4.8-2014.01 - Linaro GCC
> 2013.11) 4.8.3 20140106 (prerelease)

this is an old toolchain. You can download newer ones here (even for i686):

https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/7.2-2017.11/arm-linux-gnueabihf/

Best regards
Stefan

> Best Regards,
> Kirill