From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@android.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] driver core: Fix SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link implementation
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 07:48:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200519054827.GA3826326@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200519030025.99054-1-saravanak@google.com>
On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 08:00:25PM -0700, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> When SYNC_STATE_ONLY support was added in commit 05ef983e0d65 ("driver
> core: Add device link support for SYNC_STATE_ONLY flag"),
> device_link_add() incorrectly skipped adding the new SYNC_STATE_ONLY
> device link to the supplier's and consumer's "device link" list.
>
> This causes multiple issues:
> - The device link is lost forever from driver core if the caller
> didn't keep track of it (caller typically isn't expected to). This is
> a memory leak.
> - The device link is also never visible to any other code path after
> device_link_add() returns.
>
> If we fix the "device link" list handling, that exposes a bunch of
> issues.
>
> 1. The device link "status" state management code rightfully doesn't
> handle the case where a DL_FLAG_MANAGED device link exists between a
> supplier and consumer, but the consumer manages to probe successfully
> before the supplier. The addition of DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY links break
> this assumption. This causes device_links_driver_bound() to throw a
> warning when this happens.
>
> Since DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY device links are mainly used for creating
> proxy device links for child device dependencies and aren't useful once
> the consumer device probes successfully, this patch just deletes
> DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY device links once its consumer device probes.
> This way, we avoid the warning, free up some memory and avoid
> complicating the device links "status" state management code.
>
> 2. Creating a DL_FLAG_STATELESS device link between two devices that
> already have a DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link will result in the
> DL_FLAG_STATELESS flag not getting set correctly. This patch also fixes
> this.
>
> Lastly, this patch also fixes minor whitespace issues.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 05ef983e0d65 ("driver core: Add device link support for SYNC_STATE_ONLY flag")
> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
> ---
> drivers/base/core.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
If this is v2, what changed from v1?
That always goes below the --- line, you know this :)
v3 please?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-19 5:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-16 8:07 [PATCH v1] driver core: Fix memory leak when adding SYNC_STATE_ONLY device links Saravana Kannan
2020-05-18 7:48 ` Saravana Kannan
2020-05-18 8:03 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-05-18 19:47 ` Saravana Kannan
2020-05-19 3:00 ` [PATCH v2] driver core: Fix SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link implementation Saravana Kannan
2020-05-19 5:48 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2020-05-19 6:30 ` [PATCH v3] " Saravana Kannan
2020-05-19 10:47 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2020-05-22 18:41 ` Michael Walle
2020-05-22 22:21 ` Saravana Kannan
2020-05-22 22:47 ` Michael Walle
2020-05-25 11:31 ` Michael Walle
2020-05-25 18:39 ` Saravana Kannan
2020-05-25 19:04 ` Michael Walle
2020-05-25 21:24 ` Saravana Kannan
2020-05-25 21:38 ` Michael Walle
2020-05-26 7:05 ` [PATCH v1] driver core: Update device link status correctly for SYNC_STATE_ONLY links Saravana Kannan
2020-05-26 7:07 ` Saravana Kannan
2020-05-26 11:04 ` Michael Walle
2020-05-26 18:08 ` Saravana Kannan
2020-05-26 8:28 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2020-05-26 19:43 ` [PATCH v2] " Saravana Kannan
2020-05-26 21:13 ` Michael Walle
2020-05-26 21:45 ` Saravana Kannan
2020-05-26 21:53 ` Michael Walle
2020-05-26 22:00 ` Saravana Kannan
2020-05-26 22:09 ` [PATCH v3] " Saravana Kannan
2020-05-27 8:26 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2020-05-28 16:09 ` Saravana Kannan
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