Re: [PATCH] spi: fsl-dspi: use devm_spi_alloc_master()

From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Sat Nov 13 2021 - 13:06:50 EST


On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 05:17:54PM +0100, Michael Walle wrote:
> Commit 530b5affc675 ("spi: fsl-dspi: fix use-after-free in remove path")
> fixed the use-after-free by manually allocating memory. Nowadays, since
> commit 5e844cc37a5c ("spi: Introduce device-managed SPI controller
> allocation"), there is a devres version of spi_alloc_master() for exactly
> this purpose. Revert the commit which introduced the manual allocation
> and use the new devm_spi_alloc_master().
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Btw, using the devm_ version of spi_controller_register() doesn't seem to

you mean spi_register_controller.

> be a good idea, see commit 8d559a64f00b ("spi: stm32: drop devres version
> of spi_register_master").

And you mention this because? The dspi driver doesn't use
devm_spi_register_controller(). In fact, if it could be made to not use
devres at all, I couldn't be happier. At this stage, the devres wrappers
for SPI are doing more harm than good.

> drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c | 15 ++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
> index fd004c9db9dc..29f8a596c8ee 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
> @@ -1227,17 +1227,11 @@ static int dspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> void __iomem *base;
> bool big_endian;
>
> - dspi = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dspi), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!dspi)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> -
> - ctlr = spi_alloc_master(&pdev->dev, 0);
> + ctlr = devm_spi_alloc_master(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct fsl_dspi));
> if (!ctlr)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> - spi_controller_set_devdata(ctlr, dspi);
> - platform_set_drvdata(pdev, dspi);
> -
> + dspi = spi_controller_get_devdata(ctlr);
> dspi->pdev = pdev;
> dspi->ctlr = ctlr;
>
> @@ -1373,6 +1367,8 @@ static int dspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (dspi->devtype_data->trans_mode != DSPI_DMA_MODE)
> ctlr->ptp_sts_supported = true;
>
> + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ctlr);
> +

Why do you feel a need to change the drvdata from "dspi" to "ctrl"?

> ret = spi_register_controller(ctlr);
> if (ret != 0) {
> dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Problem registering DSPI ctlr\n");
> @@ -1396,7 +1392,8 @@ static int dspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> static int dspi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> - struct fsl_dspi *dspi = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> + struct spi_controller *ctlr = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> + struct fsl_dspi *dspi = spi_controller_get_devdata(ctlr);
>
> /* Disconnect from the SPI framework */
> spi_unregister_controller(dspi->ctlr);
> --
> 2.30.2
>