From: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Michael Bringmann <mwb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
"Juliet M. Kim" <minkim@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Fix dn reference error in dlpar_cpu_remove_by_index
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:03:10 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a7986146-f09d-6d40-63f9-8e7307fc2609@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cc20c5cc-cf8e-d125-cac9-5d1b938a1d86@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On 02/19/2019 07:46 AM, Michael Bringmann wrote:
> powerpc/pseries: Fix dn reference error in dlpar_cpu_remove_by_index()
>
> A reference to the device node of the CPU to be removed is released
> upon successful removal of the associated CPU device. If the call
> to remove the CPU device fails, dlpar_cpu_remove_by_index() still
> frees the reference and this leads to miscomparisons and/or
> addressing errors later on.
>
> This problem may be observed when trying to DLPAR 'hot-remove' a CPU
> from a system that has only a single CPU. The operation will fail
> because there is no other CPU to which the kernel operations may be
> migrated, but the refcount will still be decremented.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Bringmann <mwb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
> index 97feb6e..9537bb9 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
> @@ -635,7 +635,8 @@ static int dlpar_cpu_remove_by_index(u32 drc_index)
> }
>
> rc = dlpar_cpu_remove(dn, drc_index);
> - of_node_put(dn);
> + if (!rc)
> + of_node_put(dn);
> return rc;
> }
>
NACK!
The logic here is wrong. Here is the full function.
static int dlpar_cpu_remove_by_index(u32 drc_index)
{
struct device_node *dn;
int rc;
dn = cpu_drc_index_to_dn(drc_index);
if (!dn) {
pr_warn("Cannot find CPU (drc index %x) to remove\n",
drc_index);
return -ENODEV;
}
rc = dlpar_cpu_remove(dn, drc_index);
of_node_put(dn);
return rc;
}
The call to cpu_drc_index_to_dn() returns a device_node with the reference count
incremented. So, regardless of the success or failure of the call to
dlpar_cpu_remove() you need to release that reference.
If there is a reference counting issue it is somewhere else.
-Tyrel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-02-19 20:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-19 15:46 [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Fix dn reference error in dlpar_cpu_remove_by_index Michael Bringmann
2019-02-19 20:03 ` Tyrel Datwyler [this message]
2019-02-20 20:18 ` Michael Bringmann
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