ibmvnic: device remove has higher precedence over reset
PATCH v2 1/1 ibmvnic: device remove has higher precedence over reset
Returning -EBUSY in ibmvnic_remove() does not actually hold the removal procedure since driver core doesn't care for the return value (see __device_release_driver() in drivers/base/dd.c calling dev->bus->remove()) though vio_bus_remove
(in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vio.c) records the return value and passes it on. [1]
During the device removal precedure, checking for resetting bit is dropped so that we can continue executing all the cleanup calls in the rest of the remove function. Otherwise, it can cause latent memory leaks and kernel crashes.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/[email protected]/T/#m48f5befd96bc9842ece2a3ad14f4c27747206a53
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v2: drop v1's deletion of REMOVING check in __ibmvnic_reset.
drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c +0 -5
@@ -5438,11 +5438,6 @@ static int ibmvnic_remove(struct vio_dev *dev)unsigned long flags;spin_lock_irqsave (&adapter->state_lock, flags); -if (test_bit (0 , &adapter->resetting)) { -spin_unlock_irqrestore (&adapter->state_lock, flags); -return -EBUSY ; - } - adapter->state =VNIC_REMOVING ;spin_unlock_irqrestore (&adapter->state_lock, flags);
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2.23.0
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):
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This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):
Quoted 8 lines · On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:34:01 -0600 you wrote:
Returning
-EBUSYinibmvnic_remove()does not actually hold the removal procedure since driver core doesn't care for the return value (see__device_release_driver()indrivers/base/dd.ccallingdev->bus->remove()) thoughvio_bus_remove
(inarch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vio.c) records the return value and passes it on. [1][...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net,v2] ibmvnic: device remove has higher precedence over reset
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/5e9eff5dfa46
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