Re: [PATCH v2 22/22] media: Ensure media device unregister is done only once

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>]

Em Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:03:54 -0700
Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com> escreveu:

> media_device_unregister() checks if the media device
> is registered or not as the first step. However, the
> MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED bit doesn't get cleared until
> the end leaving a large window for two drivers to
> attempt media device unregister.
> 
> The above leads to general protection faults when
> device is removed.
> 
> Fix the problem with two phase media device unregister.
> Add a new interface media_devnode_start_unregister()
> to clear the MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED bit. Change
> media_device_unregister() call this interface to mark
> the start of unregister. This will ensure that media
> device unregister is done only once.

Hmm... it sounds simpler to use a kref at device register
and when other drivers need instantiate media_dev. We can
then do a kref_put() at unregister, and run the actual
unregister code and media_ctl kfree only when kref is
decremented on all drivers.

Regards,
Mauro
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
> ---
>  drivers/media/media-device.c  | 12 ++++++------
>  drivers/media/media-devnode.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
>  include/media/media-devnode.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/media-device.c b/drivers/media/media-device.c
> index 1f5d67e..584d46e 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/media-device.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/media-device.c
> @@ -747,17 +747,17 @@ void media_device_unregister(struct media_device *mdev)
>  	struct media_entity *next;
>  	struct media_interface *intf, *tmp_intf;
>  	struct media_entity_notify *notify, *nextp;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	if (mdev == NULL)
>  		return;
>  
> -	spin_lock(&mdev->lock);
> -
> -	/* Check if mdev was ever registered at all */
> -	if (!media_devnode_is_registered(&mdev->devnode)) {
> -		spin_unlock(&mdev->lock);
> +	/* Start unregister - continue if necessary */
> +	ret = media_devnode_start_unregister(&mdev->devnode);
> +	if (ret)
>  		return;
> -	}
> +
> +	spin_lock(&mdev->lock);
>  
>  	/* Remove all entities from the media device */
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(entity, next, &mdev->entities, graph_obj.list)
> diff --git a/drivers/media/media-devnode.c b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
> index 29409f4..c27f9e7 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
> @@ -272,15 +272,20 @@ error:
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -void media_devnode_unregister(struct media_devnode *mdev)
> +int __must_check media_devnode_start_unregister(struct media_devnode *mdev)
>  {
> -	/* Check if mdev was ever registered at all */
> -	if (!media_devnode_is_registered(mdev))
> -		return;
> -
>  	mutex_lock(&media_devnode_lock);
> +	if (!media_devnode_is_registered(mdev)) {
> +		mutex_unlock(&media_devnode_lock);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
>  	clear_bit(MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED, &mdev->flags);
>  	mutex_unlock(&media_devnode_lock);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +void media_devnode_unregister(struct media_devnode *mdev)
> +{
>  	device_unregister(&mdev->dev);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/include/media/media-devnode.h b/include/media/media-devnode.h
> index fe42f08..6f08677 100644
> --- a/include/media/media-devnode.h
> +++ b/include/media/media-devnode.h
> @@ -120,6 +120,23 @@ int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *mdev,
>  					struct module *owner);
>  
>  /**
> + * media_devnode_start_unregister - start unregister on a media device node
> + * @mdev: the device node to start unregister
> + *
> + * This clears the MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED bit to indicate that unregister
> + * is in progress.
> + *
> + * This function can safely be called if the device node has never been
> + * registered or has already been unregistered.
> + *
> + * Zero is returned on success.
> + *
> + * -EINVAL is returned if the device node has never been
> + * registered or has already been unregistered.
> + */
> +int __must_check media_devnode_start_unregister(struct media_devnode *mdev);
> +
> +/**
>   * media_devnode_unregister - unregister a media device node
>   * @mdev: the device node to unregister
>   *