[PATCH] BUG: [RFC] pinctrl: pins are freed 2 times in pinctrl_bind_pins

From: Richard Genoud
Date: Wed Mar 20 2013 - 07:32:38 EST


If the function pinctrl_select_state() fails because one pin is already
taken elsewhere, pinmux_enable_setting makes all the necessary pin_free
calls (and not more than necessary).
The problem here is that devm_pinctrl_put() will be called on the pin
group, and each pin in this group has already been freed.

Example:
If a i2c function has already sucessfully taken pins 5 and 6.
And now, pinctrl_bind_pins() is called for function PHY (pins 3 4 5 6 7).
pinmux_enable_setting() will fail AND call pin_free on necessary pins.
But if devm_pinctrl_put() is called, it will call again pin_free on pins
3 4 5 6 7.
So, the pins 5 and 6 will be released (and pins 3 4 7 double freed).
Which means that even if the i2c function has claim the pins, they will
be available for other functions.

This patch simply doesn't call devm_pinctrl_put when
pinctrl_select_state fails, but I'm not sure it's the right thing to do.

Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/pinctrl.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/pinctrl.c b/drivers/base/pinctrl.c
index 67a274e..537406d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/pinctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/base/pinctrl.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int pinctrl_bind_pins(struct device *dev)
ret = pinctrl_select_state(dev->pins->p, dev->pins->default_state);
if (ret) {
dev_dbg(dev, "failed to activate default pinctrl state\n");
- goto cleanup_get;
+ goto cleanup_alloc; /* pins already un-muxed */
}

return 0;
--
1.7.2.5

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