RE: [PATCH] nvdimm: Call ida_simple_remove() when failed

From: Dan Williams
Date: Tue Sep 20 2022 - 13:32:12 EST


Bo Liu wrote:
> In function nvdimm_bus_register(), when code execution fails, we should
> call ida_simple_remove() to free ida.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bo Liu <liubo03@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/nvdimm/bus.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
> index b38d0355b0ac..3415dc62632b 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
> @@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus_register(struct device *parent,
> return nvdimm_bus;
> err:
> put_device(&nvdimm_bus->dev);
> + ida_simple_remove(&nd_ida, nvdimm_bus->id);

No, this is a double-free. The put_device() will trigger
nvdimm_bus_release().