Re: [PATCH] drivers core: Fix oops when driver probe fails

From: Filip Schauer
Date: Tue Jul 27 2021 - 12:01:45 EST


On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 02:31:10PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 01:23:11PM +0200, Filip Schauer wrote:
> > dma_range_map is freed to early, which might cause an oops when
> > a driver probe fails.
> > Call trace:
> > is_free_buddy_page+0xe4/0x1d4
> > __free_pages+0x2c/0x88
> > dma_free_contiguous+0x64/0x80
> > dma_direct_free+0x38/0xb4
> > dma_free_attrs+0x88/0xa0
> > dmam_release+0x28/0x34
> > release_nodes+0x78/0x8c
> > devres_release_all+0xa8/0x110
> > really_probe+0x118/0x2d0
> > __driver_probe_device+0xc8/0xe0
> > driver_probe_device+0x54/0xec
> > __driver_attach+0xe0/0xf0
> > bus_for_each_dev+0x7c/0xc8
> > driver_attach+0x30/0x3c
> > bus_add_driver+0x17c/0x1c4
> > driver_register+0xc0/0xf8
> > __platform_driver_register+0x34/0x40
> > ...
> >
> > This issue is introduced by commit d0243bbd5dd3 ("drivers core:
> > Free dma_range_map when driver probe failed"). It frees
> > dma_range_map before the call to devres_release_all, which is too
> > early. The solution is to free dma_range_map only after
> > devres_release_all.
> >
> > Fixes: d0243bbd5dd3 ("drivers core: Free dma_range_map when driver probe failed")
> > Signed-off-by: Filip Schauer <filip@xxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/base/dd.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Oh, nice catch! This is a v2, right? Next time please be explicit :)
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>

Thank you for adding the patch.
And my bad, this is indeed a PATCH v2.
I didn't know about the patch revisioning convention.
I'll be more explicit next time.

Thanks,

Filip Schauer