Re: [Bug? Report] kref problem

From: Artem B. Bityutskiy
Date: Thu Mar 16 2006 - 12:07:37 EST


On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 20:07 +0300, Artem B. Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 08:53 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > static void a_release(struct kobject *kobj)
> > > {
> > > struct my_obj_a *a;
> > >
> > > printk("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
> > > a = container_of(kobj, struct my_obj_a, kobj);
> > > sysfs_remove_dir(&a->kobj);
> >
> > Woah, don't do that here, the kobject core already does this. A release
> > function is for you to release the memory you have created with this
> > kobject, not to mess with sysfs.
> So do you mean this (attached) ? Anyway I end up with -1 kref.
>
Pardon, forgot to attach.
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
#include <linux/stat.h>

static void a_release(struct kobject *kobj);

static struct kobj_type a_ktype = {
.release = a_release
};

static void b_release(struct kobject *kobj);

static struct kobj_type b_ktype = {
.release = b_release
};

struct my_obj_a
{
struct kobject kobj;
} a;

struct my_obj_b
{
struct kobject kobj;
} b;

static __init int test_init(void)
{
int err;

kobject_init(&a.kobj);
a.kobj.ktype = &a_ktype;
err = kobject_set_name(&a.kobj, "A");
if (err)
return err;
printk("a inited, kref %d\n", atomic_read(&a.kobj.kref.refcount));

kobject_init(&b.kobj);
b.kobj.ktype = &b_ktype;
b.kobj.parent = &a.kobj;
err = kobject_set_name(&b.kobj, "B");
if (err)
goto out_a;
printk("b inited, kref %d\n", atomic_read(&b.kobj.kref.refcount));

err = sysfs_create_dir(&a.kobj);
if (err)
goto out_b;
printk("dir A created, A kref %d, B kref %d\n",
atomic_read(&a.kobj.kref.refcount), atomic_read(&b.kobj.kref.refcount));

err = sysfs_create_dir(&b.kobj);
if (err)
goto out_a_dir;
printk("dir B created, A kref %d, B kref %d\n",
atomic_read(&a.kobj.kref.refcount), atomic_read(&b.kobj.kref.refcount));

sysfs_remove_dir(&b.kobj);
printk("dir B removed, A kref %d, B kref %d\n",
atomic_read(&a.kobj.kref.refcount), atomic_read(&b.kobj.kref.refcount));

kobject_put(&b.kobj);
printk("kobj B put, A kref %d, B kref %d\n",
atomic_read(&a.kobj.kref.refcount), atomic_read(&b.kobj.kref.refcount));

sysfs_remove_dir(&a.kobj);
printk("dir A removed, A kref %d, B kref %d\n",
atomic_read(&a.kobj.kref.refcount), atomic_read(&b.kobj.kref.refcount));

kobject_put(&a.kobj);
printk("kobj A put, A kref %d, B kref %d\n",
atomic_read(&a.kobj.kref.refcount), atomic_read(&b.kobj.kref.refcount));

return 0;

out_a_dir:
sysfs_remove_dir(&a.kobj);
printk("dir A removed, A kref %d, B kref %d\n",
atomic_read(&a.kobj.kref.refcount), atomic_read(&b.kobj.kref.refcount));
out_b:
kobject_put(&b.kobj);
printk("kobj B put, A kref %d, B kref %d\n",
atomic_read(&a.kobj.kref.refcount), atomic_read(&b.kobj.kref.refcount));
out_a:
kobject_put(&a.kobj);
printk("kobj A put, A kref %d, B kref %d\n",
atomic_read(&a.kobj.kref.refcount), atomic_read(&b.kobj.kref.refcount));
return err;
}
module_init(test_init);

static void a_release(struct kobject *kobj)
{
struct my_obj_a *a;

a = container_of(kobj, struct my_obj_a, kobj);
printk("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
}

static void b_release(struct kobject *kobj)
{
struct my_obj_b *b;

b = container_of(kobj, struct my_obj_b, kobj);
printk("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
}

static __exit void test_exit(void)
{
}
module_exit(test_exit);

MODULE_VERSION("1");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("kref test");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Artem B. Bityutskiy");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");