Re: [PATCH] mmc: meson-gx: Free irq in release() callback

From: Remi Pommarel
Date: Thu Jan 10 2019 - 17:53:21 EST


On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 07:49:08PM +0100, Remi Pommarel wrote:
> Because the irq was requested through device managed resources API
> (devm_request_threaded_irq()) it was freed after meson_mmc_remove()
> completion, thus after mmc_free_host() has reclaimed meson_host memory.
> As this irq is IRQF_SHARED, while using CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ, its handler
> get called by free_irq(). So meson_mmc_irq() was called after the
> meson_host memory reclamation and was using invalid memory.
>
> We ended up with the following scenario:
> device_release_driver()
> meson_mmc_remove()
> mmc_free_host() /* Freeing host memory */
> ...
> devres_release_all()
> devm_irq_release()
> __free_irq()
> meson_mmc_irq() /* Uses freed memory */
>
> To avoid this, the irq is released in meson_mmc_remove() before
> mmc_free_host() gets called.
>

Oups, I missed the fact that the same can happen if probe() callback
fails after allocating the irq.

I will send a V2 for that.

--
Remi