From: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Benson Leung <bleung@chromium.org>,
tzungbi@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
chrome-platform@lists.linux.dev,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>, Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] char: misc: Simplify locking with guard()
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:46:52 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260427134659.95181-2-tzungbi@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260427134659.95181-1-tzungbi@kernel.org>
Use guard() to simplify locking in misc_{de,}register().
Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@kernel.org>
---
drivers/char/misc.c | 32 +++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 726516fb0a3b..e2bea4f01851 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
@@ -209,7 +210,6 @@ static const struct file_operations misc_fops = {
int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
{
dev_t dev;
- int err = 0;
bool is_dynamic = (misc->minor == MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR);
if (misc->minor > MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR) {
@@ -220,32 +220,26 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&misc->list);
- mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
+ guard(mutex)(&misc_mtx);
if (is_dynamic) {
int i = misc_minor_alloc(misc->minor);
- if (i < 0) {
- err = -EBUSY;
- goto out;
- }
+ if (i < 0)
+ return -EBUSY;
misc->minor = i;
} else {
struct miscdevice *c;
int i;
list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
- if (c->minor == misc->minor) {
- err = -EBUSY;
- goto out;
- }
+ if (c->minor == misc->minor)
+ return -EBUSY;
}
i = misc_minor_alloc(misc->minor);
- if (i < 0) {
- err = -EBUSY;
- goto out;
- }
+ if (i < 0)
+ return -EBUSY;
}
dev = MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor);
@@ -258,8 +252,7 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
if (is_dynamic) {
misc->minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
}
- err = PTR_ERR(misc->this_device);
- goto out;
+ return PTR_ERR(misc->this_device);
}
/*
@@ -267,9 +260,7 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
* earlier defaults
*/
list_add(&misc->list, &misc_list);
- out:
- mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
- return err;
+ return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_register);
@@ -283,13 +274,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_register);
void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc)
{
- mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
+ guard(mutex)(&misc_mtx);
list_del_init(&misc->list);
device_destroy(&misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor));
misc_minor_free(misc->minor);
if (misc->minor > MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR)
misc->minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
- mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_deregister);
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-27 13:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-27 13:46 [PATCH 0/8] char: misc: Introduce misc_sync to fix UAF Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` Tzung-Bi Shih [this message]
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 2/8] char: misc: Introduce misc_find() helper Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 3/8] char: misc: Introduce misc_sync_register() Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-28 16:09 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 4/8] char: misc: Use SRCU to protect list traversal Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 5/8] platform/chrome: cros_ec_chardev: Introduce chardev_data Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 6/8] platform/chrome: cros_ec_chardev: Move data to chardev_pdata Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 7/8] platform/chrome: cros_ec_chardev: Add event relayer Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 8/8] platform/chrome: cros_ec_chardev: Use misc_sync_register() Tzung-Bi Shih
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