Patch "tpm: Provide strong locking for device removal" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

@@ -36,10 +36,60 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(driver_lock);
 struct class *tpm_class;
 dev_t tpm_devt;
 
-/*
- * tpm_chip_find_get - return tpm_chip for a given chip number
- * @chip_num the device number for the chip
+/**
+ * tpm_try_get_ops() - Get a ref to the tpm_chip
+ * @chip: Chip to ref
+ *
+ * The caller must already have some kind of locking to ensure that chip is
+ * valid. This function will lock the chip so that the ops member can be
+ * accessed safely. The locking prevents tpm_chip_unregister from
+ * completing, so it should not be held for long periods.
+ *
+ * Returns -ERRNO if the chip could not be got.
  */
+int tpm_try_get_ops(struct tpm_chip *chip)
+{
+	int rc = -EIO;
+
+	get_device(&chip->dev);
+
+	down_read(&chip->ops_sem);
+	if (!chip->ops)
+		goto out_lock;
+
+	if (!try_module_get(chip->dev.parent->driver->owner))
+		goto out_lock;
+
+	return 0;
+out_lock:
+	up_read(&chip->ops_sem);
+	put_device(&chip->dev);
+	return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_try_get_ops);
+
+/**
+ * tpm_put_ops() - Release a ref to the tpm_chip
+ * @chip: Chip to put
+ *
+ * This is the opposite pair to tpm_try_get_ops(). After this returns chip may
+ * be kfree'd.
+ */
+void tpm_put_ops(struct tpm_chip *chip)
+{
+	module_put(chip->dev.parent->driver->owner);
+	up_read(&chip->ops_sem);
+	put_device(&chip->dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_put_ops);
+
+/**
+ * tpm_chip_find_get() - return tpm_chip for a given chip number
+ * @chip_num: id to find
+ *
+ * The return'd chip has been tpm_try_get_ops'd and must be released via
+ * tpm_put_ops
+  */
 struct tpm_chip *tpm_chip_find_get(int chip_num)
 {
 	struct tpm_chip *pos, *chip = NULL;

@@ -49,10 +99,10 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_chip_find_get(int c
 		if (chip_num != TPM_ANY_NUM && chip_num != pos->dev_num)
 			continue;
 
-		if (try_module_get(pos->dev.parent->driver->owner)) {
+		/* rcu prevents chip from being free'd */
+		if (!tpm_try_get_ops(pos))
 			chip = pos;
-			break;
-		}
+		break;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return chip;

@@ -94,6 +144,7 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpmm_chip_alloc(struct
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	mutex_init(&chip->tpm_mutex);
+	init_rwsem(&chip->ops_sem);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&chip->list);
 
 	chip->ops = ops;

@@ -171,6 +222,12 @@ static int tpm_add_char_device(struct tp
 static void tpm_del_char_device(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 {
 	cdev_del(&chip->cdev);
+
+	/* Make the driver uncallable. */
+	down_write(&chip->ops_sem);
+	chip->ops = NULL;
+	up_write(&chip->ops_sem);
+
 	device_del(&chip->dev);
 }
 

@@ -256,6 +313,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_chip_register);
  * Takes the chip first away from the list of available TPM chips and then
  * cleans up all the resources reserved by tpm_chip_register().
  *
+ * Once this function returns the driver call backs in 'op's will not be
+ * running and will no longer start.
+ *
  * NOTE: This function should be only called before deinitializing chip
  * resources.
  */

@@ -136,9 +136,18 @@ static ssize_t tpm_write(struct file *fi
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	/* atomic tpm command send and result receive */
+	/* atomic tpm command send and result receive. We only hold the ops
+	 * lock during this period so that the tpm can be unregistered even if
+	 * the char dev is held open.
+	 */
+	if (tpm_try_get_ops(priv->chip)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&priv->buffer_mutex);
+		return -EPIPE;
+	}
 	out_size = tpm_transmit(priv->chip, priv->data_buffer,
 				sizeof(priv->data_buffer), 0);
+
+	tpm_put_ops(priv->chip);
 	if (out_size < 0) {
 		mutex_unlock(&priv->buffer_mutex);
 		return out_size;

@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ int tpm_is_tpm2(u32 chip_num)
 
 	rc = (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2) != 0;
 
-	tpm_chip_put(chip);
+	tpm_put_ops(chip);
 
 	return rc;
 }

@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ int tpm_pcr_read(u32 chip_num, int pcr_i
 		rc = tpm2_pcr_read(chip, pcr_idx, res_buf);
 	else
 		rc = tpm_pcr_read_dev(chip, pcr_idx, res_buf);
-	tpm_chip_put(chip);
+	tpm_put_ops(chip);
 	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_pcr_read);

@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ int tpm_pcr_extend(u32 chip_num, int pcr
 
 	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2) {
 		rc = tpm2_pcr_extend(chip, pcr_idx, hash);
-		tpm_chip_put(chip);
+		tpm_put_ops(chip);
 		return rc;
 	}
 

@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ int tpm_pcr_extend(u32 chip_num, int pcr
 	rc = tpm_transmit_cmd(chip, &cmd, EXTEND_PCR_RESULT_SIZE, 0,
 			      "attempting extend a PCR value");
 
-	tpm_chip_put(chip);
+	tpm_put_ops(chip);
 	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_pcr_extend);

@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ int tpm_send(u32 chip_num, void *cmd, si
 
 	rc = tpm_transmit_cmd(chip, cmd, buflen, 0, "attempting tpm_cmd");
 
-	tpm_chip_put(chip);
+	tpm_put_ops(chip);
 	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_send);

@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ int tpm_get_random(u32 chip_num, u8 *out
 
 	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2) {
 		err = tpm2_get_random(chip, out, max);
-		tpm_chip_put(chip);
+		tpm_put_ops(chip);
 		return err;
 	}
 

@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ int tpm_get_random(u32 chip_num, u8 *out
 		num_bytes -= recd;
 	} while (retries-- && total < max);
 
-	tpm_chip_put(chip);
+	tpm_put_ops(chip);
 	return total ? total : -EIO;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_get_random);

@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ int tpm_seal_trusted(u32 chip_num, struc
 
 	rc = tpm2_seal_trusted(chip, payload, options);
 
-	tpm_chip_put(chip);
+	tpm_put_ops(chip);
 	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_seal_trusted);

@@ -1099,7 +1099,8 @@ int tpm_unseal_trusted(u32 chip_num, str
 
 	rc = tpm2_unseal_trusted(chip, payload, options);
 
-	tpm_chip_put(chip);
+	tpm_put_ops(chip);
+
 	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_unseal_trusted);

@@ -295,5 +295,10 @@ int tpm_sysfs_add_device(struct tpm_chip
 
 void tpm_sysfs_del_device(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 {
+	/* The sysfs routines rely on an implicit tpm_try_get_ops, this
+	 * function is called before ops is null'd and the sysfs core
+	 * synchronizes this removal so that no callbacks are running or can
+	 * run again
+	 */
 	sysfs_remove_group(&chip->dev.parent->kobj, &tpm_dev_group);
 }

@@ -174,7 +174,13 @@ struct tpm_chip {
 	struct device dev;
 	struct cdev cdev;
 
+	/* A driver callback under ops cannot be run unless ops_sem is held
+	 * (sometimes implicitly, eg for the sysfs code). ops becomes null
+	 * when the driver is unregistered, see tpm_try_get_ops.
+	 */
+	struct rw_semaphore ops_sem;
 	const struct tpm_class_ops *ops;
+
 	unsigned int flags;
 
 	int dev_num;		/* /dev/tpm# */

@@ -200,11 +206,6 @@ struct tpm_chip {
 
 #define to_tpm_chip(d) container_of(d, struct tpm_chip, dev)
 
-static inline void tpm_chip_put(struct tpm_chip *chip)
-{
-	module_put(chip->dev.parent->driver->owner);
-}
-
 static inline int tpm_read_index(int base, int index)
 {
 	outb(index, base);

@@ -516,6 +517,9 @@ extern int wait_for_tpm_stat(struct tpm_
 			     wait_queue_head_t *, bool);
 
 struct tpm_chip *tpm_chip_find_get(int chip_num);
+__must_check int tpm_try_get_ops(struct tpm_chip *chip);
+void tpm_put_ops(struct tpm_chip *chip);
+
 extern struct tpm_chip *tpmm_chip_alloc(struct device *dev,
 				       const struct tpm_class_ops *ops);
 extern int tpm_chip_register(struct tpm_chip *chip);