Re: [PATCH v7 0/8] devm_led_classdev_register() usage problem

[George Stark]

Hello Lee

On 3/21/24 21:11, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024, George Stark wrote:
>
> > This patch series fixes the problem of devm_led_classdev_register misusing.
> >
> > The basic problem is described in [1]. Shortly when devm_led_classdev_register()
> > is used then led_classdev_unregister() called after driver's remove() callback.
> > led_classdev_unregister() calls driver's brightness_set callback and that callback
> > may use resources which were destroyed already in driver's remove().
> >
> > After discussion with maintainers [2] [3] we decided:
> > 1) don't touch led subsystem core code and don't remove led_set_brightness() from it
> > but fix drivers
> > 2) don't use devm_led_classdev_unregister
> >
> > So the solution is to use devm wrappers for all resources
> > driver's brightness_set() depends on. And introduce dedicated devm wrapper
> > for mutex as it's often used resource.

..

> >    locking/mutex: introduce devm_mutex_init()
> >    leds: aw2013: use devm API to cleanup module's resources
> >    leds: aw200xx: use devm API to cleanup module's resources
> >    leds: lp3952: use devm API to cleanup module's resources
> >    leds: lm3532: use devm API to cleanup module's resources
> >    leds: nic78bx: use devm API to cleanup module's resources
> >    leds: mlxreg: use devm_mutex_init() for mutex initialization
> >    leds: an30259a: use devm_mutex_init() for mutex initialization
> >
> >   drivers/leds/leds-an30259a.c | 14 ++++----------
> >   drivers/leds/leds-aw200xx.c  | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> >   drivers/leds/leds-aw2013.c   | 25 +++++++++++++------------
> >   drivers/leds/leds-lm3532.c   | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
> >   drivers/leds/leds-lp3952.c   | 21 +++++++++++----------
> >   drivers/leds/leds-mlxreg.c   | 14 +++++---------
> >   drivers/leds/leds-nic78bx.c  | 23 +++++++++++++----------
> >   include/linux/mutex.h        | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c | 11 +++++++++++
> >   9 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
>
> Doesn't apply to v6.8.
>
> What base was used for this?

I've just pulled git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
and v7 was applied cleanly. linux-next is ok too.

v6.8 is lack of recent patch 6969d0a2ba1adc9ba6a49b9805f24080896c255c
v7's patch #2 depends on it

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Best regards
George