Re: [PATCH] PCI/ACPI: do not reference a pci device after it has been released

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 11:18:46PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Friday, September 9, 2022 9:42:53 AM CEST Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 06:37:06PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 5:07 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 10:30:38PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 10:15 PM Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 6:22 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > > > > <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 10:58:58AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 04:28:53PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > > > > > In acpi_get_pci_dev(), the debugging message for when a PCI bridge is
> > > > > > > > > not found uses a pointer to a pci device whose reference has just been
> > > > > > > > > dropped.  The chance that this really is a device that is now been
> > > > > > > > > removed from the system is almost impossible to happen, but to be safe,
> > > > > > > > > let's print out the debugging message based on the acpi root device
> > > > > > > > > which we do have a valid reference to at the moment.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > This code was added by 497fb54f578e ("ACPI / PCI: Fix NULL pointer
> > > > > > > > dereference in acpi_get_pci_dev() (rev. 2)").  Not sure if it's worth
> > > > > > > > a Fixes: tag.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can't hurt, I'll add it for the v2 based on this review.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > acpi_get_pci_dev() is used by only five callers, three of which are
> > > > > > > > video/backlight related.  I'm always skeptical of one-off interfaces
> > > > > > > > like this, but I don't know enough to propose any refactoring or other
> > > > > > > > alternatives.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I'll leave this for Rafael, but if I were applying I would silently
> > > > > > > > touch up the subject to match convention:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >   PCI/ACPI: Do not reference PCI device after it has been released
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Much simpler, thanks.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
> > > > > > > > > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
> > > > > > > > > Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
> > > > > > > > > Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
> > > > > > > > > Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
> > > > > > > > > Reported-by: whitehat002 <hackyzh002@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > >  drivers/acpi/pci_root.c | 3 ++-
> > > > > > > > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> > > > > > > > > index 6f9e75d14808..ecda378dbc09 100644
> > > > > > > > > --- a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> > > > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> > > > > > > > > @@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ struct pci_dev *acpi_get_pci_dev(acpi_handle handle)
> > > > > > > > >              * case pdev->subordinate will be NULL for the parent.
> > > > > > > > >              */
> > > > > > > > >             if (!pbus) {
> > > > > > > > > -                   dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "Not a PCI-to-PCI bridge\n");
> > > > > > > > > +                   dev_dbg(&root->device->dev,
> > > > > > > > > +                           "dev %d, function %d is not a PCI-to-PCI bridge\n", dev, fn);
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > This should use "%02x.%d" to be consistent with the dev_set_name() in
> > > > > > > > pci_setup_device().
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ah, missed that, will change it and send out a new version tomorrow.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I would make the change below (modulo the gmail-induced wthite space
> > > > > > breakage), though.
> > > > >
> > > > > That said ->
> > > > >
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >  drivers/acpi/pci_root.c |    5 +++--
> > > > > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> > > > > > ===================================================================
> > > > > > --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> > > > > > +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
> > > > > > @@ -295,8 +295,6 @@ struct pci_dev *acpi_get_pci_dev(acpi_ha
> > > > > >              break;
> > > > > >
> > > > > >          pbus = pdev->subordinate;
> > > > > > -        pci_dev_put(pdev);
> > > > > > -
> > > > > >          /*
> > > > > >           * This function may be called for a non-PCI device that has a
> > > > > >           * PCI parent (eg. a disk under a PCI SATA controller).  In that
> > > > > > @@ -304,9 +302,12 @@ struct pci_dev *acpi_get_pci_dev(acpi_ha
> > > > > >           */
> > > > > >          if (!pbus) {
> > > > > >              dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "Not a PCI-to-PCI bridge\n");
> > > > > > +            pci_dev_put(pdev);
> > > > > >              pdev = NULL;
> > > > > >              break;
> > > > > >          }
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +        pci_dev_put(pdev);
> > > > >
> > > > > -> we are going to use pbus after this and it is pdev->subordinate
> > > > > which cannot survive without pdev AFAICS.
> > > > >
> > > > > Are we not concerned about this case?
> > > >
> > > > Good point.
> > > >
> > > > whitehat002, any ideas?  You found this issue but it really looks like
> > > > it is not anything that can ever be hit, so how far do you want to go to
> > > > unwind it?
> > > 
> > > I have an idea, sorry for the delay here.
> > > 
> > > I should be ready to post something tomorrow.
> > 
> > Was this ever posted?
> 
> No, it wasn't.  Sorry for the glacial pace here.
> 
> So the idea is based on the observation that the PCI device returned by the current
> code in acpi_get_pci_dev() needs to be registered, so if it corresponds to an ACPI
> device object, the struct acpi_device representing it must be registered too and,
> moreover, it should be the ACPI companion of that PCI device.  Thus it should be
> sufficient to look for it in the ACPI device object's list of physical nodes
> corresponding to it.  Hence, the patch below.
> 
> I actually can't test it right now (or even compile it for that matter), but
> I'll put it in order tomorrow.

The idea looks sane to me, let me know if testing works or not, thanks!

greg k-h