device-core: Ensure drvdata = NULL when no driver is bound
authorHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Tue, 22 May 2012 22:09:34 +0000 (00:09 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:40:41 +0000 (16:40 -0700)
1) drvdata is for a driver to store a pointer to driver specific data
2) If no driver is bound, there is no driver specific data associated with
   the device
3) Thus logically drvdata should be NULL if no driver is bound.

But many drivers don't clear drvdata on device_release, or set drvdata
early on in probe and leave it set on probe error. Both of which results
in a dangling pointer in drvdata.

This patch enforce for drvdata to be NULL after device_release or on probe
failure.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/base/dd.c

index 1b1cbb571d38d72acce854b8fc6437b5323783c9..9a1e9704d782038e46de49ef368770bcd4df33cd 100644 (file)
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ probe_failed:
        devres_release_all(dev);
        driver_sysfs_remove(dev);
        dev->driver = NULL;
+       dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
 
        if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
                /* Driver requested deferred probing */
@@ -487,6 +488,7 @@ static void __device_release_driver(struct device *dev)
                        drv->remove(dev);
                devres_release_all(dev);
                dev->driver = NULL;
+               dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
                klist_remove(&dev->p->knode_driver);
                if (dev->bus)
                        blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->p->bus_notifier,