Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] rpmsg: char: Fix race between the release of rpmsg_ctrldev and cdev

[Stephen Boyd]

Quoting Matthias Kaehlcke (2022-01-10 10:47:36)
> From: Sujit Kautkar <sujitka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> struct rpmsg_ctrldev contains a struct cdev. The current code frees
> the rpmsg_ctrldev struct in rpmsg_ctrldev_release_device(), but the
> cdev is a managed object, therefore its release is not predictable
> and the rpmsg_ctrldev could be freed before the cdev is entirely
> released, as in the backtrace below.
>
> [   93.625603] ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object type: timer_list hint: delayed_work_timer_fn+0x0/0x7c
> [   93.636115] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 12 at lib/debugobjects.c:488 debug_print_object+0x13c/0x1b0
> [   93.644799] Modules linked in: veth xt_cgroup xt_MASQUERADE rfcomm algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg uinput ip6table_nat fuse uvcvideo videobuf2_vmalloc venus_enc venus_dec videobuf2_dma_contig hci_uart btandroid btqca snd_soc_rt5682_i2c bluetooth qcom_spmi_temp_alarm snd_soc_rt5682v
> [   93.715175] CPU: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G    B             5.4.163-lockdep #26
> [   93.723855] Hardware name: Google Lazor (rev3 - 8) with LTE (DT)
> [   93.730055] Workqueue: events kobject_delayed_cleanup
> [   93.735271] pstate: 60c00009 (nZCv daif +PAN +UAO)
> [   93.740216] pc : debug_print_object+0x13c/0x1b0
> [   93.744890] lr : debug_print_object+0x13c/0x1b0
> [   93.749555] sp : ffffffacf5bc7940
> [   93.752978] x29: ffffffacf5bc7940 x28: dfffffd000000000
> [   93.758448] x27: ffffffacdb11a800 x26: dfffffd000000000
> [   93.763916] x25: ffffffd0734f856c x24: dfffffd000000000
> [   93.769389] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffffffd0733c35b0
> [   93.774860] x21: ffffffd0751994a0 x20: ffffffd075ec27c0
> [   93.780338] x19: ffffffd075199100 x18: 00000000000276e0
> [   93.785814] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: dfffffd000000000
> [   93.791291] x15: ffffffffffffffff x14: 6e6968207473696c
> [   93.796768] x13: 0000000000000000 x12: ffffffd075e2b000
> [   93.802244] x11: 0000000000000001 x10: 0000000000000000
> [   93.807723] x9 : d13400dff1921900 x8 : d13400dff1921900
> [   93.813200] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
> [   93.818676] x5 : 0000000000000080 x4 : 0000000000000000
> [   93.824152] x3 : ffffffd0732a0fa4 x2 : 0000000000000001
> [   93.829628] x1 : ffffffacf5bc7580 x0 : 0000000000000061
> [   93.835104] Call trace:
> [   93.837644]  debug_print_object+0x13c/0x1b0
> [   93.841963]  __debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x25c/0x3c0
> [   93.846987]  debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x18/0x20
> [   93.851669]  slab_free_freelist_hook+0xbc/0x1e4
> [   93.856346]  kfree+0xfc/0x2f4
> [   93.859416]  rpmsg_ctrldev_release_device+0x78/0xb8
> [   93.864445]  device_release+0x84/0x168
> [   93.868310]  kobject_cleanup+0x12c/0x298
> [   93.872356]  kobject_delayed_cleanup+0x10/0x18
> [   93.876948]  process_one_work+0x578/0x92c
> [   93.881086]  worker_thread+0x804/0xcf8
> [   93.884963]  kthread+0x2a8/0x314
> [   93.888303]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
>
> The cdev_device_add/del() API was created to address this issue
> (see commit 233ed09d7fda), use it instead of cdev add/del().
>
> Fixes: c0cdc19f84a4 ("rpmsg: Driver for user space endpoint interface")
> Signed-off-by: Sujit Kautkar <sujitka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>