[PATCH v2 1/3] gpiolib: remove the GPIO device from the list when it's unregistered

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Tue Jan 02 2024 - 11:00:09 EST


From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>

If we wait until the GPIO device's .release() callback gets invoked
before we remove it from the global device list, then we risk that
someone will look it up using gpio_device_find() between where we
dropped the last reference and before .release() is done taking a
reference again to an object that's being released.

The device must be removed when it's being unregistered - just like how
we remove it from the GPIO bus.

Fixes: ff2b13592299 ("gpio: make the gpiochip a real device")
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index e21497b989a1..e019c4243809 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -651,9 +651,6 @@ static void gpiodev_release(struct device *dev)
{
struct gpio_device *gdev = to_gpio_device(dev);

- scoped_guard(mutex, &gpio_devices_lock)
- list_del(&gdev->list);
-
ida_free(&gpio_ida, gdev->id);
kfree_const(gdev->label);
kfree(gdev->descs);
@@ -1068,6 +1065,9 @@ void gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gc)
dev_crit(&gdev->dev,
"REMOVING GPIOCHIP WITH GPIOS STILL REQUESTED\n");

+ scoped_guard(mutex, &gpio_devices_lock)
+ list_del(&gdev->list);
+
/*
* The gpiochip side puts its use of the device to rest here:
* if there are no userspace clients, the chardev and device will
--
2.40.1