Re: [PATCH v12 3/6] staging: vc04_services: vchiq_arm: Add new bus type and device type

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 08:01:57PM +0530, Umang Jain wrote:
> The devices that the vchiq interface registers (bcm2835-audio,
> bcm2835-camera) are implemented and exposed by the VC04 firmware.
> The device tree describes the VC04 itself with the resources required
> to communicate with it through a mailbox interface. However, the
> vchiq interface registers these devices as platform devices. This
> also means the specific drivers for these devices are getting
> registered as platform drivers. This is not correct and a blatant
> abuse of platform device/driver.
> 
> Add a new bus type, vchiq_bus_type and device type (struct vchiq_device)
> which will be used to migrate child devices that the vchiq interfaces
> creates/registers from the platform device/driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@ideasonboard.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile        |   1 +
>  .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.c           | 100 ++++++++++++++++++
>  .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.h           |  54 ++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 155 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.h
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile
> index 44794bdf6173..e8b897a7b9a6 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BCM2835_VCHIQ)	+= vchiq.o
>  vchiq-objs := \
>     interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_core.o  \
>     interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.o \
> +   interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.o \
>     interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_debugfs.o \
>     interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_connected.o \
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..4ac3491efe45
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_bus.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/*
> + * vchiq_device.c - VCHIQ generic device and bus-type
> + *
> + * Copyright (c) 2023 Ideas On Board Oy
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/device/bus.h>
> +#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
> +#include <linux/of_device.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>
> +
> +#include "vchiq_bus.h"
> +
> +static int vchiq_bus_type_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
> +{
> +	if (dev->bus == &vchiq_bus_type &&
> +	    strcmp(dev_name(dev), drv->name) == 0)
> +		return true;
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
> +static int vchiq_bus_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
> +{
> +	const struct vchiq_device *device = container_of_const(dev, struct vchiq_device, dev);
> +
> +	return add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", dev_name(&device->dev));
> +}
> +
> +static int vchiq_bus_probe(struct device *dev)
> +{
> +	struct vchiq_device *device = to_vchiq_device(dev);
> +	struct vchiq_driver *driver = to_vchiq_driver(dev->driver);
> +
> +	return driver->probe(device);
> +}
> +
> +struct bus_type vchiq_bus_type = {
> +	.name   = "vchiq-bus",
> +	.match  = vchiq_bus_type_match,
> +	.uevent = vchiq_bus_uevent,
> +	.probe  = vchiq_bus_probe,
> +};
> +
> +static void vchiq_device_release(struct device *dev)
> +{
> +	struct vchiq_device *device = to_vchiq_device(dev);
> +
> +	kfree(device);
> +}
> +
> +struct vchiq_device *
> +vchiq_device_register(struct device *parent, const char *name)
> +{
> +	struct vchiq_device *device;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!device)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	device->dev.init_name = name;
> +	device->dev.parent = parent;
> +	device->dev.bus = &vchiq_bus_type;
> +	device->dev.dma_mask = &device->dev.coherent_dma_mask;
> +	device->dev.release = vchiq_device_release;
> +
> +	of_dma_configure(&device->dev, parent->of_node, true);
> +
> +	ret = device_register(&device->dev);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(parent, "Cannot register %s: %d\n", name, ret);
> +		put_device(&device->dev);
> +		kfree(device);

As per the documentation for the device_register() call, this kfree()
will crash.  The call to put_device() is all you need here to free the
memory.

I'll take this series as it's been reviewed and tested, but can you send
a follow-on patch for this?

thanks,

greg k-h