Re: [PATCH 2/2] remoteproc: Use a local copy for the name field

From: Mathieu Poirier
Date: Fri Apr 17 2020 - 13:04:30 EST


On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 18:20, Suman Anna <s-anna@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The current name field used in the remoteproc structure is simply
> a pointer to a name field supplied during the rproc_alloc() call.
> The pointer passed in by remoteproc drivers during registration is
> typically a dev_name pointer, but it is possible that the pointer
> will no longer remain valid if the devices themselves were created
> at runtime like in the case of of_platform_populate(), and were
> deleted upon any failures within the respective remoteproc driver
> probe function.
>
> So, allocate and maintain a local copy for this name field to
> keep it agnostic of the logic used in the remoteproc drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suman Anna <s-anna@xxxxxx>
> ---
> v1:
> - Patch baselined on top of Mathieu's rproc_alloc() refactor
> series, and so addresses Bjorn's simplified cleanup comments
> - Switch to {kstrdup/kfree}_const variants
> v0: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11456385/
>
> drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> index e38f627059ac..3cebface3f26 100644
> --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> @@ -1984,6 +1984,7 @@ static void rproc_type_release(struct device *dev)
>
> kfree(rproc->firmware);
> kfree(rproc->ops);
> + kfree_const(rproc->name);
> kfree(rproc);
> }
>
> @@ -2069,7 +2070,6 @@ struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
> if (!rproc)
> return NULL;
>
> - rproc->name = name;
> rproc->priv = &rproc[1];
> rproc->auto_boot = true;
> rproc->elf_class = ELFCLASS32;
> @@ -2081,6 +2081,10 @@ struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
> rproc->dev.driver_data = rproc;
> idr_init(&rproc->notifyids);
>
> + rproc->name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!rproc->name)
> + goto put_device;
> +

Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>

> if (rproc_alloc_firmware(rproc, name, firmware))
> goto put_device;
>
> --
> 2.26.0
>