firewire: fix "kobject_add failed for fw* with -EEXIST"

There is a race between shutdown and creation of devices:  fw-core may
attempt to add a device with the same name of an already existing
device.  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9828

Impact of the bug:  Happens rarely (when shutdown of a device coincides
with creation of another), forces the user to unplug and replug the new
device to get it working.

The fix is obvious:  Free the minor number *after* instead of *before*
device_unregister().  This requires to take an additional reference of
the fw_device as long as the IDR tree points to it.

And while we are at it, we fix an additional race condition:
fw_device_op_open() took its reference of the fw_device a little bit too
late, hence was in danger to access an already invalid fw_device.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>

diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
index 7e73cba..44ccee2 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
@@ -109,15 +109,17 @@ static int fw_device_op_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
        struct client *client;
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       device = fw_device_from_devt(inode->i_rdev);
+       device = fw_device_get_by_devt(inode->i_rdev);
        if (device == NULL)
                return -ENODEV;
 
        client = kzalloc(sizeof(*client), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (client == NULL)
+       if (client == NULL) {
+               fw_device_put(device);
                return -ENOMEM;
+       }
 
-       client->device = fw_device_get(device);
+       client->device = device;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&client->event_list);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&client->resource_list);
        spin_lock_init(&client->lock);

diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
index de9066e..c04c288 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
@@ -610,12 +610,14 @@ static DECLARE_RWSEM(idr_rwsem);
 static DEFINE_IDR(fw_device_idr);
 int fw_cdev_major;
 
-struct fw_device *fw_device_from_devt(dev_t devt)
+struct fw_device *fw_device_get_by_devt(dev_t devt)
 {
        struct fw_device *device;
 
        down_read(&idr_rwsem);
        device = idr_find(&fw_device_idr, MINOR(devt));
+       if (device)
+               fw_device_get(device);
        up_read(&idr_rwsem);
 
        return device;
@@ -627,13 +629,14 @@ static void fw_device_shutdown(struct work_struct *work)
                container_of(work, struct fw_device, work.work);
        int minor = MINOR(device->device.devt);
 
-       down_write(&idr_rwsem);
-       idr_remove(&fw_device_idr, minor);
-       up_write(&idr_rwsem);
-
        fw_device_cdev_remove(device);
        device_for_each_child(&device->device, NULL, shutdown_unit);
        device_unregister(&device->device);
+
+       down_write(&idr_rwsem);
+       idr_remove(&fw_device_idr, minor);
+       up_write(&idr_rwsem);
+       fw_device_put(device);
 }
 
 static struct device_type fw_device_type = {
@@ -682,10 +685,13 @@ static void fw_device_init(struct work_struct *work)
        }
 
        err = -ENOMEM;
+
+       fw_device_get(device);
        down_write(&idr_rwsem);
        if (idr_pre_get(&fw_device_idr, GFP_KERNEL))
                err = idr_get_new(&fw_device_idr, device, &minor);
        up_write(&idr_rwsem);
+
        if (err < 0)
                goto error;
 
@@ -741,7 +747,9 @@ static void fw_device_init(struct work_struct *work)
        idr_remove(&fw_device_idr, minor);
        up_write(&idr_rwsem);
  error:
-       put_device(&device->device);
+       fw_device_put(device);          /* fw_device_idr's reference */
+
+       put_device(&device->device);    /* our reference */
 }
 
 static int update_unit(struct device *dev, void *data)

diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h
index 0854fe2..43808c0 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ fw_device_is_shutdown(struct fw_device *device)
 }
 
 struct fw_device *fw_device_get(struct fw_device *device);
+struct fw_device *fw_device_get_by_devt(dev_t devt);
 void fw_device_put(struct fw_device *device);
 int fw_device_enable_phys_dma(struct fw_device *device);
 
 void fw_device_cdev_update(struct fw_device *device);
 void fw_device_cdev_remove(struct fw_device *device);
 
-struct fw_device *fw_device_from_devt(dev_t devt);
 extern int fw_cdev_major;
 
 struct fw_unit {