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

[Bjorn Andersson]

On Thu 16 Apr 17:20 PDT 2020, Suman Anna 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>

Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Bjorn

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