When device_register(&child->dev) failed, we should call put_device()
to explicitly release child->dev.
As comment of device_register() says, 'NOTE: _Never_ directly free
@dev after calling this function, even if it returned an error! Always
use put_device() to give up the reference initialized in this function
instead.'
Found by code review.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 4f535093cf8f ("PCI: Put pci_dev in device tree as early as possible")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
---
Changes in v3:
- modified the description as suggestions.
Changes in v2:
- added the bug description about the comment of device_add();
- fixed the patch as suggestions;
- added Cc and Fixes table.
---
drivers/pci/probe.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c
index 2e81ab0f5a25..51b78fcda4eb 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/probe.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,10 @@ static struct pci_bus *pci_alloc_child_bus(struct pci_bus *parent,
add_dev:
pci_set_bus_msi_domain(child);
ret = device_register(&child->dev);
- WARN_ON(ret < 0);
+ if (WARN_ON(ret < 0)) {
+ put_device(&child->dev);
+ return NULL;
+ }
pcibios_add_bus(child);
--
2.25.1
On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 02:23:57PM +0800, Ma Ke wrote:
> When device_register(&child->dev) failed, we should call put_device()
> to explicitly release child->dev.
>
> As comment of device_register() says, 'NOTE: _Never_ directly free
> @dev after calling this function, even if it returned an error! Always
> use put_device() to give up the reference initialized in this function
> instead.'
>
> Found by code review.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 4f535093cf8f ("PCI: Put pci_dev in device tree as early as possible")
> Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
Applied with Ilpo's reviewed-by to pci/enumeration for v6.15, thanks!
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - modified the description as suggestions.
> Changes in v2:
> - added the bug description about the comment of device_add();
> - fixed the patch as suggestions;
> - added Cc and Fixes table.
> ---
> drivers/pci/probe.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c
> index 2e81ab0f5a25..51b78fcda4eb 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/probe.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c
> @@ -1174,7 +1174,10 @@ static struct pci_bus *pci_alloc_child_bus(struct pci_bus *parent,
> add_dev:
> pci_set_bus_msi_domain(child);
> ret = device_register(&child->dev);
> - WARN_ON(ret < 0);
> + if (WARN_ON(ret < 0)) {
> + put_device(&child->dev);
> + return NULL;
> + }
>
> pcibios_add_bus(child);
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
On Sun, 2 Feb 2025, Ma Ke wrote:
> When device_register(&child->dev) failed, we should call put_device()
> to explicitly release child->dev.
>
> As comment of device_register() says, 'NOTE: _Never_ directly free
> @dev after calling this function, even if it returned an error! Always
> use put_device() to give up the reference initialized in this function
> instead.'
>
> Found by code review.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 4f535093cf8f ("PCI: Put pci_dev in device tree as early as possible")
> Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - modified the description as suggestions.
> Changes in v2:
> - added the bug description about the comment of device_add();
> - fixed the patch as suggestions;
> - added Cc and Fixes table.
> ---
> drivers/pci/probe.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c
> index 2e81ab0f5a25..51b78fcda4eb 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/probe.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c
> @@ -1174,7 +1174,10 @@ static struct pci_bus *pci_alloc_child_bus(struct pci_bus *parent,
> add_dev:
> pci_set_bus_msi_domain(child);
> ret = device_register(&child->dev);
> - WARN_ON(ret < 0);
> + if (WARN_ON(ret < 0)) {
> + put_device(&child->dev);
> + return NULL;
> + }
>
> pcibios_add_bus(child);
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Unrelated to this fix, IMO that WARN_ON() is overkill and I'm skeptical
that printing a stack trace on a failure in device_register() is helpful.
IMO, a simple error print would suffice to tell something (unexpectedly)
went wrong here.
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