Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] rtc: rtc-cmos: Disable ACPI RTC event on removal

Rafael J. Wysocki
2022-11-08T14:54:29Z

On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 10:21 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 09:03:06PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> >
> > Make cmos_do_remove() drop the ACPI RTC fixed event handler so as to
> > prevent it from operating on stale data in case the event triggers
> > after driver removal.
> >
> > While at it, make cmos_do_remove() also clear the driver data pointer
> > of the device and make cmos_acpi_wake_setup() do that in the error path
> > too.
>
> ...
>
> > + dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
>
> > + dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but the cmos_do_remove() is called by ->remove()
> callback of the real drivers (pnp and platform) and device core is already
> doing this. So, don't know why you need these calls to be explicit.

Good point, but then I guess I should move this patch to the front,
because the issue fixed by it may trigger a use-after-free in
rtc_handler() already.