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From: Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@codeaurora.org>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: bjorn.andersson@linaro.org, ohad@wizery.com,
	linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, psodagud@codeaurora.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] remoteproc: core: Cleanup device in case of failure
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:21:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <75ce2563-3d34-a578-200d-8ec5f259d405@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YMj6N46ElCq/ndJJ@kroah.com>


On 6/15/2021 12:06 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 12:03:44PM -0700, Siddharth Gupta wrote:
>> When a failure occurs in rproc_add() it returns an error, but does
>> not cleanup after itself. This change adds the failure path in such
>> cases.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@codeaurora.org>
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>> ---
>>   drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> Why is this needed for stable kernels?  And again, a Fixes: tag?
Patch 2 and patch 3 are leading up to fix rproc_add()
in case of a failure. This means we'll have errors with
use after free unless we call device_del() or cdev_del(),
also the sysfs and devtempfs nodes will also not be
removed.

Thanks,
Sid

  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-15 20:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-15 19:03 [PATCH v4 0/4] remoteproc: core: Fixes for rproc cdev and add Siddharth Gupta
2021-06-15 19:03 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] remoteproc: core: Move cdev add before device add Siddharth Gupta
2021-06-15 19:03 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] remoteproc: core: Move validate " Siddharth Gupta
2021-06-15 19:06   ` Greg KH
2021-06-15 19:03 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] remoteproc: core: Fix cdev remove and rproc del Siddharth Gupta
2021-06-15 19:06   ` Greg KH
2021-06-15 19:03 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] remoteproc: core: Cleanup device in case of failure Siddharth Gupta
2021-06-15 19:06   ` Greg KH
2021-06-15 20:21     ` Siddharth Gupta [this message]
2021-06-16  5:56       ` Greg KH

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