[PATCH v4 00/10] devm_led_classdev_register() usage problem

Andy Shevchenko andy.shevchenko at gmail.com
Sat Feb 10 04:17:58 AEDT 2024


On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 08:36:04PM +0300, George Stark wrote:
> This patch series fixes the problem of devm_led_classdev_register misusing.
> 
> The basic problem is described in [1]. Shortly when devm_led_classdev_register()
> is used then led_classdev_unregister() called after driver's remove() callback.
> led_classdev_unregister() calls driver's brightness_set callback and that callback
> may use resources which were destroyed already in driver's remove().
> 
> After discussion with maintainers [2] [3] we decided:
> 1) don't touch led subsytem core code and don't remove led_set_brightness() from it
> but fix drivers
> 2) don't use devm_led_classdev_unregister
> 
> So the solution is to use devm wrappers for all resources
> driver's brightness_set() depends on. And introduce dedicated devm wrapper
> for mutex as it's often used resource.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8704539b-ed3b-44e6-aa82-586e2f895e2b@salutedevices.com/T/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8704539b-ed3b-44e6-aa82-586e2f895e2b@salutedevices.com/T/#mc132b9b350fa51931b4fcfe14705d9f06e91421f
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8704539b-ed3b-44e6-aa82-586e2f895e2b@salutedevices.com/T/#mdbf572a85c33f869a553caf986b6228bb65c8383

Are you going to send an updated version with the amended second patch?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko




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