[PATCH v2] coresight: Fixes device's owner field for registered using coresight_init_driver()

From: Junhao He
Date: Mon Mar 17 2025 - 08:49:08 EST


The coresight_init_driver() of the coresight-core module is called from
the sub coresgiht device (such as tmc/stm/funnle/...) module. It calls
amba_driver_register() and Platform_driver_register(), which are macro
functions that use the coresight-core's module to initialize the caller's
owner field. Therefore, when the sub coresight device calls
coresight_init_driver(), an incorrect THIS_MODULE value is captured.

The sub coesgiht modules can be removed while their callbacks are
running, resulting in a general protection failure.

User a macro to automatically add the THIS_MODULE param to
coresight_init_driver() to fix this.

Fixes: 075b7cd7ad7d ("coresight: Add helpers registering/removing both AMBA and platform drivers")
Signed-off-by: Junhao He <hejunhao3@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- even a macro to automatically add the THIS_MODULE param for coresight_init_driver();
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/c3744062-f7c1-82df-2fa1-591da3b2dc5e@xxxxxxxxxx/T/
---
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c | 11 ++++++-----
include/linux/coresight.h | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
index 0a9380350fb5..abf2e4fd4de0 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
@@ -1486,18 +1486,19 @@ static void __exit coresight_exit(void)
module_init(coresight_init);
module_exit(coresight_exit);

-int coresight_init_driver(const char *drv, struct amba_driver *amba_drv,
- struct platform_driver *pdev_drv)
+int coresight_init_driver_owner(const char *drv, struct amba_driver *amba_drv,
+ struct platform_driver *pdev_drv,
+ struct module *owner)
{
int ret;

- ret = amba_driver_register(amba_drv);
+ ret = __amba_driver_register(amba_drv, owner);
if (ret) {
pr_err("%s: error registering AMBA driver\n", drv);
return ret;
}

- ret = platform_driver_register(pdev_drv);
+ ret = __platform_driver_register(pdev_drv, owner);
if (!ret)
return 0;

@@ -1505,7 +1506,7 @@ int coresight_init_driver(const char *drv, struct amba_driver *amba_drv,
amba_driver_unregister(amba_drv);
return ret;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_init_driver);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_init_driver_owner);

void coresight_remove_driver(struct amba_driver *amba_drv,
struct platform_driver *pdev_drv)
diff --git a/include/linux/coresight.h b/include/linux/coresight.h
index 17276965ff1d..b07455956f7a 100644
--- a/include/linux/coresight.h
+++ b/include/linux/coresight.h
@@ -689,8 +689,11 @@ coresight_find_output_type(struct coresight_platform_data *pdata,
enum coresight_dev_type type,
union coresight_dev_subtype subtype);

-int coresight_init_driver(const char *drv, struct amba_driver *amba_drv,
- struct platform_driver *pdev_drv);
+int coresight_init_driver_owner(const char *drv, struct amba_driver *amba_drv,
+ struct platform_driver *pdev_drv, struct module *owner);
+
+#define coresight_init_driver(name, amba_drv, pdev_drv) \
+ coresight_init_driver_owner(name, amba_drv, pdev_drv, THIS_MODULE)

void coresight_remove_driver(struct amba_driver *amba_drv,
struct platform_driver *pdev_drv);
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