Re: [PATCH] hwmon: acpi_power_meter: Use acpi_bus_get_acpi_device()

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 07:30:40PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In read_domain_devices(), acpi_bus_get_device() is called to obtain
> the ACPI device object attached to the given ACPI handle and
> subsequently that object is passed to get_device() for reference
> counting, but there is a window between the acpi_bus_get_device()
> and get_device() calls in which the ACPI device object in question
> may go away.
> 
> To address this issue, make read_domain_devices() use
> acpi_bus_get_acpi_device() to reference count and return the given
> ACPI device object in one go and export that function to modules.
> 
> While at it, also make read_domain_devices() and
> remove_domain_devices() use acpi_dev_put() instead of calling
> put_device() directly on the ACPI device objects returned by
> acpi_bus_get_acpi_device().

Good catch!

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/scan.c              |    1 +
>  drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c |   13 +++++--------
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
> @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static void remove_domain_devices(struct
>  
>  		sysfs_remove_link(resource->holders_dir,
>  				  kobject_name(&obj->dev.kobj));
> -		put_device(&obj->dev);
> +		acpi_dev_put(obj);
>  	}
>  
>  	kfree(resource->domain_devices);
> @@ -597,18 +597,15 @@ static int read_domain_devices(struct ac
>  			continue;
>  
>  		/* Create a symlink to domain objects */
> -		resource->domain_devices[i] = NULL;
> -		if (acpi_bus_get_device(element->reference.handle,
> -					&resource->domain_devices[i]))
> +		obj = acpi_bus_get_acpi_device(element->reference.handle);
> +		resource->domain_devices[i] = obj;
> +		if (!obj)
>  			continue;
>  
> -		obj = resource->domain_devices[i];
> -		get_device(&obj->dev);
> -
>  		res = sysfs_create_link(resource->holders_dir, &obj->dev.kobj,
>  				      kobject_name(&obj->dev.kobj));
>  		if (res) {
> -			put_device(&obj->dev);
> +			acpi_dev_put(obj);
>  			resource->domain_devices[i] = NULL;
>  		}
>  	}
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> @@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ struct acpi_device *acpi_bus_get_acpi_de
>  {
>  	return handle_to_device(handle, get_acpi_device);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_bus_get_acpi_device);
>  
>  static struct acpi_device_bus_id *acpi_device_bus_id_match(const char *dev_id)
>  {
> 
> 
> 

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko