Re: [PATCH v6] fpga: region: add owner module and take its refcount

[Xu Yilun]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 10:35:59AM +0200, Marco Pagani wrote:
> The current implementation of the fpga region assumes that the low-level
> module registers a driver for the parent device and uses its owner pointer
> to take the module's refcount. This approach is problematic since it can
> lead to a null pointer dereference while attempting to get the region
> during programming if the parent device does not have a driver.
> 
> To address this problem, add a module owner pointer to the fpga_region
> struct and use it to take the module's refcount. Modify the functions for
> registering a region to take an additional owner module parameter and
> rename them to avoid conflicts. Use the old function names for helper
> macros that automatically set the module that registers the region as the
> owner. This ensures compatibility with existing low-level control modules
> and reduces the chances of registering a region without setting the owner.
> 
> Also, update the documentation to keep it consistent with the new interface
> for registering an fpga region.
> 
> Fixes: 0fa20cdfcc1f ("fpga: fpga-region: device tree control for FPGA")
> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Russ Weight <russ.weight@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Pagani <marpagan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied to for-next instead of v5