From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e28smtp03.in.ibm.com (e28smtp03.in.ibm.com [122.248.162.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "e28smtp03.in.ibm.com", Issuer "GeoTrust SSL CA" (not verified)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F9762C0089 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 22:18:31 +1100 (EST) Received: from /spool/local by e28smtp03.in.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 16:46:23 +0530 Received: from d28relay03.in.ibm.com (d28relay03.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.60]) by d28dlp02.in.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50C53394004D for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 16:48:24 +0530 (IST) Received: from d28av04.in.ibm.com (d28av04.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.66]) by d28relay03.in.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id r18BIKE432440368 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 16:48:20 +0530 Received: from d28av04.in.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d28av04.in.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id r18BIKCx032762 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 22:18:20 +1100 Received: from hegdevasant.in.ibm.com (hegdevasant.in.ibm.com [9.124.35.78]) by d28av04.in.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVin) with ESMTP id r18BIKR5032747 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 22:18:20 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/rtas_flash: Free kmem upon module exit To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org From: Vasant Hegde Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:48:36 +0530 Message-ID: <20130208111742.31083.67858.stgit@hegdevasant.in.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Memory allocated to rtas_firmware_flash_list in rtas_flash_write is not freed during module exit. We hit below call trace if we unload rtas_flash module after loading new firmware image and before rebooting the system. Call trace: ---------- Feb 6 08:42:10 eagle3 kernel: kmem_cache_destroy rtas_flash_cache: Slab cache still has objects Feb 6 08:42:10 eagle3 kernel: Call Trace: Feb 6 08:42:10 eagle3 kernel: [c00000001c303b40] [c000000000014940] .show_stack+0x70/0x1c0 (unreliable) Feb 6 08:42:10 eagle3 kernel: [c00000001c303bf0] [c000000000199bec] .kmem_cache_destroy+0x15c/0x170 Feb 6 08:42:10 eagle3 kernel: [c00000001c303c90] [d000000006fa1208] .rtas_flash_cleanup+0x3c/0x80 [rtas_flash] Feb 6 08:42:10 eagle3 kernel: [c00000001c303d20] [c0000000000f8970] .SyS_delete_module+0x1d0/0x2e0 Feb 6 08:42:10 eagle3 kernel: [c00000001c303e30] [c000000000009954] syscall_exit+0x0/0x94 This patch frees rtas_firmware_flash_list during module exit. Signed-off-by: Vasant Hegde --- arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c index 8329190..e22ef34 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c @@ -790,6 +790,11 @@ static void __exit rtas_flash_cleanup(void) { rtas_flash_term_hook = NULL; + if (rtas_firmware_flash_list) { + free_flash_list(rtas_firmware_flash_list); + rtas_firmware_flash_list = NULL; + } + if (flash_block_cache) kmem_cache_destroy(flash_block_cache);