[PATCH 1/3] gpio: sysfs: fix gpio-chip device-attribute leak

[PATCH 1/3] gpio: sysfs: fix gpio-chip device-attribute leak

[Johan Hovold]

The gpio-chip device attributes were never destroyed when the device was
removed.

Fix by using device_create_with_groups() to create the device attributes
of the chip class device.

Note that this also fixes the attribute-creation race with userspace.

Fixes: d8f388d8dc8d ("gpio: sysfs interface")
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>	# v2.6.27+
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c | 19 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
index 2ac1800b58bb..33cf4bd0ed2d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
@@ -400,16 +400,13 @@ static ssize_t chip_ngpio_show(struct device *dev,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(ngpio, 0444, chip_ngpio_show, NULL);
 
-static const struct attribute *gpiochip_attrs[] = {
+static struct attribute *gpiochip_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_base.attr,
 	&dev_attr_label.attr,
 	&dev_attr_ngpio.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
-
-static const struct attribute_group gpiochip_attr_group = {
-	.attrs = (struct attribute **) gpiochip_attrs,
-};
+ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(gpiochip);
 
 /*
  * /sys/class/gpio/export ... write-only
@@ -750,13 +747,13 @@ int gpiochip_export(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 
 	/* use chip->base for the ID; it's already known to be unique */
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_lock);
-	dev = device_create(&gpio_class, chip->dev, MKDEV(0, 0), chip,
-				"gpiochip%d", chip->base);
-	if (!IS_ERR(dev)) {
-		status = sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj,
-				&gpiochip_attr_group);
-	} else
+	dev = device_create_with_groups(&gpio_class, chip->dev, MKDEV(0, 0),
+					chip, gpiochip_groups,
+					"gpiochip%d", chip->base);
+	if (IS_ERR(dev))
 		status = PTR_ERR(dev);
+	else
+		status = 0;
 	chip->exported = (status == 0);
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
 
-- 
2.0.5

[PATCH 2/3] gpio: sysfs: fix gpio device-attribute leak

[Johan Hovold]

The gpio device attributes were never destroyed when the gpio was
unexported (or on export failures).

Use device_create_with_groups() to create the default device attributes
of the gpio class device. Note that this also fixes the
attribute-creation race with userspace for these attributes.

Remove contingent attributes in export error path and on unexport.

Fixes: d8f388d8dc8d ("gpio: sysfs interface")
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>	# v2.6.27+
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c | 28 +++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
index 33cf4bd0ed2d..fd4d9423f6e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-sysfs.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static ssize_t gpio_value_store(struct device *dev,
 	return status;
 }
 
-static const DEVICE_ATTR(value, 0644,
+static DEVICE_ATTR(value, 0644,
 		gpio_value_show, gpio_value_store);
 
 static irqreturn_t gpio_sysfs_irq(int irq, void *priv)
@@ -353,18 +353,15 @@ static ssize_t gpio_active_low_store(struct device *dev,
 	return status ? : size;
 }
 
-static const DEVICE_ATTR(active_low, 0644,
+static DEVICE_ATTR(active_low, 0644,
 		gpio_active_low_show, gpio_active_low_store);
 
-static const struct attribute *gpio_attrs[] = {
+static struct attribute *gpio_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_value.attr,
 	&dev_attr_active_low.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
-
-static const struct attribute_group gpio_attr_group = {
-	.attrs = (struct attribute **) gpio_attrs,
-};
+ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(gpio);
 
 /*
  * /sys/class/gpio/gpiochipN/
@@ -561,18 +558,15 @@ int gpiod_export(struct gpio_desc *desc, bool direction_may_change)
 	if (desc->chip->names && desc->chip->names[offset])
 		ioname = desc->chip->names[offset];
 
-	dev = device_create(&gpio_class, desc->chip->dev, MKDEV(0, 0),
-			    desc, ioname ? ioname : "gpio%u",
-			    desc_to_gpio(desc));
+	dev = device_create_with_groups(&gpio_class, desc->chip->dev,
+					MKDEV(0, 0), desc, gpio_groups,
+					ioname ? ioname : "gpio%u",
+					desc_to_gpio(desc));
 	if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
 		status = PTR_ERR(dev);
 		goto fail_unlock;
 	}
 
-	status = sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, &gpio_attr_group);
-	if (status)
-		goto fail_unregister_device;
-
 	if (direction_may_change) {
 		status = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_direction);
 		if (status)
@@ -583,13 +577,15 @@ int gpiod_export(struct gpio_desc *desc, bool direction_may_change)
 				       !test_bit(FLAG_IS_OUT, &desc->flags))) {
 		status = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_edge);
 		if (status)
-			goto fail_unregister_device;
+			goto fail_remove_attr_direction;
 	}
 
 	set_bit(FLAG_EXPORT, &desc->flags);
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
 	return 0;
 
+fail_remove_attr_direction:
+	device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_direction);
 fail_unregister_device:
 	device_unregister(dev);
 fail_unlock:
@@ -723,6 +719,8 @@ void gpiod_unexport(struct gpio_desc *desc)
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
 
 	if (dev) {
+		device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_edge);
+		device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_direction);
 		device_unregister(dev);
 		put_device(dev);
 	}
-- 
2.0.5

Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: sysfs: fix gpio-chip device-attribute leak

[Alexandre Courbot]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:
> The gpio-chip device attributes were never destroyed when the device was
> removed.
>
> Fix by using device_create_with_groups() to create the device attributes
> of the chip class device.
>
> Note that this also fixes the attribute-creation race with userspace.

... and it also improves code readability.

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>

Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpio: sysfs: fix gpio device-attribute leak

[Alexandre Courbot]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:
> The gpio device attributes were never destroyed when the gpio was
> unexported (or on export failures).
>
> Use device_create_with_groups() to create the default device attributes
> of the gpio class device. Note that this also fixes the
> attribute-creation race with userspace for these attributes.
>
> Remove contingent attributes in export error path and on unexport.

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>

Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpio: sysfs: fix gpio device-attribute leak

[Alexandre Courbot]

On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:
>> The gpio device attributes were never destroyed when the gpio was
>> unexported (or on export failures).
>>
>> Use device_create_with_groups() to create the default device attributes
>> of the gpio class device. Note that this also fixes the
>> attribute-creation race with userspace for these attributes.
>>
>> Remove contingent attributes in export error path and on unexport.
>
> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>

Mmm actually this one does not seem to apply to Linus' devel branch.
Seems like something has changed in between - could you rebase and
resend?