Re: [PATCH 1/3] sdhci-s3c: add missing remove function

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:04:09 +0200
Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com> wrote:

> > >  static int __devexit sdhci_s3c_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >  {
> > > +	struct sdhci_host *host =  platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> > > +	struct sdhci_s3c *sc = sdhci_priv(host);
> > > +	int ptr;
> > > +
> > > +	sdhci_remove_host(host, 1);
> > > +
> > > +	for (ptr = 0; ptr < 3; ptr++) {
> > > +		clk_disable(sc->clk_bus[ptr]);
> > > +		clk_put(sc->clk_bus[ptr]);
> > > +	}
> > > +	clk_disable(sc->clk_io);
> > > +	clk_put(sc->clk_io);
> > > +
> > > +	iounmap(host->ioaddr);
> > > +	release_resource(sc->ioarea);
> > > +	kfree(sc->ioarea);
> > > +
> > > +	sdhci_free_host(host);
> > > +	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
> > > +
> > >  	return 0;
> > >  }
> > 
> > This looks like it fixes a pretty serious omission.  What happens if
> > the user rmmods this driver on a 2.6.34 kernel?
> 
> System will crash sooner or later once the memory with the code of the
> s3c-sdhci.ko module is reused for something else. I really have no idea
> how the lack of remove function went unnoticed into the mainline code.
>  
> > Because I have a suspicion that this fix should be backported into
> > 2.6.34.x?
> 
> Right, this is really a good idea. This patch applies cleanly onto
> v2.6.34 too.

OK, thanks, I added the Cc: <stable@kernel.org> to the changelog and
moved the patch into my for-2.6.35 queue.