Re: [PATCH v2] regmap: debugfs: Fix name collision without atomic operations

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Mar 04 2025 - 11:53:58 EST


On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 10:24:52PM +0800, Zxyan Zhu wrote:
> The `dummy_index` global variable caused debugfs file name conflicts
> during re-entry, leading to creation failures. Use atomic operations
> to ensure safe and unique debugfs `dummy%d` naming.
>
> Changes since v1:
> - Replaced atomic_read + atomic_inc with atomic_inc_return.
> - Added atomic_dec in the error path to maintain index consistency.
> - Updated the commit message to clarify the fix.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zxyan Zhu <zxyan20@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c | 12 +++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
> index fb84cda92a75..60c8d9a673b8 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct regmap_debugfs_node {
> struct list_head link;
> };
>
> -static unsigned int dummy_index;
> +static atomic_t dummy_index = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
> static struct dentry *regmap_debugfs_root;
> static LIST_HEAD(regmap_debugfs_early_list);
> static DEFINE_MUTEX(regmap_debugfs_early_lock);
> @@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map)
> struct regmap_range_node *range_node;
> const char *devname = "dummy";
> const char *name = map->name;
> + int index;
>
> /*
> * Userspace can initiate reads from the hardware over debugfs.
> @@ -595,12 +596,13 @@ void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map)
>
> if (!strcmp(name, "dummy")) {
> kfree(map->debugfs_name);
> - map->debugfs_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "dummy%d",
> - dummy_index);
> - if (!map->debugfs_name)
> + index = atomic_inc_return(&dummy_index);
> + map->debugfs_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "dummy%d", index);
> + if (!map->debugfs_name) {
> + atomic_dec(&dummy_index);
> return;
> + }
> name = map->debugfs_name;
> - dummy_index++;

Shouldn't you just use an idr here if there is a race condition?
There's a lock built into it that should solve all of these issues.

thanks,

greg k-h