[PATCH v2] Drivers: hv: vmbus: incorrect device name is printedwhen child device is unregistered

From: Fernando Soto
Date: Fri Jun 14 2013 - 19:13:42 EST


From: Fernando Soto <fsoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Whenever a device is unregistered in vmbus_device_unregister (drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c), the device name in the log message may contain garbage as the memory has already been freed by the time pr_info is called. Log example:
[ 3149.170475] hv_vmbus: child device àõsèè0_5 unregistered

By logging the message just before calling device_unregister, the correct device name is printed:
[ 3145.034652] hv_vmbus: child device vmbus_0_5 unregistered

Also changing register & unregister messages to debug to avoid unnecessarily cluttering the kernel log.

Signed-off-by: Fernando M Soto <fsoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
--- linux-3.10-rc5/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c.orig 2013-06-13 19:20:55.359511352 -0400
+++ linux-3.10-rc5/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c 2013-06-14 19:00:21.722105728 -0400
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ int vmbus_device_register(struct hv_devi
if (ret)
pr_err("Unable to register child device\n");
else
- pr_info("child device %s registered\n",
+ pr_debug("child device %s registered\n",
dev_name(&child_device_obj->device));

return ret;
@@ -698,14 +698,14 @@ int vmbus_device_register(struct hv_devi
*/
void vmbus_device_unregister(struct hv_device *device_obj)
{
+ pr_debug("child device %s unregistered\n",
+ dev_name(&device_obj->device));
+
/*
* Kick off the process of unregistering the device.
* This will call vmbus_remove() and eventually vmbus_device_release()
*/
device_unregister(&device_obj->device);
-
- pr_info("child device %s unregistered\n",
- dev_name(&device_obj->device));
}


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