RE: [PATCH v2] rpmsg: char: Avoid double destroy of default endpoint

From: Peng Fan
Date: Wed Sep 21 2022 - 04:19:09 EST


> Subject: [PATCH v2] rpmsg: char: Avoid double destroy of default endpoint
>
> The rpmsg_dev_remove() in rpmsg_core is the place for releasing this
> default endpoint.
>
> So need to avoid destroying the default endpoint in
> rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(), this should be the same as
> rpmsg_eptdev_release(). Otherwise there will be double destroy issue that
> ept->refcount report warning:
>
> refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
>
> Call trace:
> refcount_warn_saturate+0xf8/0x150
> virtio_rpmsg_destroy_ept+0xd4/0xec
> rpmsg_dev_remove+0x60/0x70
>
> The issue can be reproduced by stopping remoteproc before closing the
> /dev/rpmsgX.
>
> Fixes: bea9b79c2d10 ("rpmsg: char: Add possibility to use default endpoint
> of the rpmsg device")
> Signed-off-by: Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> changes in v2:
> - Add comments
>
> drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> index 0850ae34fb88..3e0b8f3496ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
> @@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ int rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(struct device *dev,
> void *data)
>
> mutex_lock(&eptdev->ept_lock);
> if (eptdev->ept) {
> - rpmsg_destroy_ept(eptdev->ept);
> + /* The default endpoint is released by the rpmsg core */
> + if (!eptdev->default_ept)
> + rpmsg_destroy_ept(eptdev->ept);
> eptdev->ept = NULL;
> }
> mutex_unlock(&eptdev->ept_lock);
> --

Reviewed-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>