[PATCH 1/2] iio: core: use kfree_const in iio_free_chan_devattr_list() to free names

From: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@analog.com>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-iio@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <lars@metafoo.de>, <Michael.Hennerich@analog.com>,
	<jic23@kernel.org>, <nuno.sa@analog.com>,
	<dragos.bogdan@analog.com>,
	Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@analog.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] iio: core: use kfree_const in iio_free_chan_devattr_list() to free names
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:58:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210219085826.46622-2-alexandru.ardelean@analog.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210219085826.46622-1-alexandru.ardelean@analog.com>

When the buffer attributes were wrapped in iio_dev_attr types, I forgot to
duplicate the names, so that when iio_free_chan_devattr_list() gets called
on cleanup, these get free'd.
I stumbled over this while accidentally breaking a driver doing
iio_device_register(), and then the issue appeared.

The fix can be just
1. Just use kstrdup() during iio_buffer_wrap_attr()
2. Just use kfree_const() during iio_free_chan_devattr_list
3. Use both kstrdup_const() & kfree_const() (in the places mentioned above)

Using kfree_const() should be sufficient, as the attribute names will
either be allocated or be stored in rodata.

Fixes: a1a11142f66c ("iio: buffer: wrap all buffer attributes into iio_dev_attr")
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@analog.com>
---
 drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 0d8c6e88d993..cb2735d2ae4b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ void iio_free_chan_devattr_list(struct list_head *attr_list)
 	struct iio_dev_attr *p, *n;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, attr_list, l) {
-		kfree(p->dev_attr.attr.name);
+		kfree_const(p->dev_attr.attr.name);
 		list_del(&p->l);
 		kfree(p);
 	}
-- 
2.27.0

