From d5194decd0a6f792b2789eebd4ddf022a248f655 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Renninger Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:26:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [CPUFREQ] Fix a kobject reference bug related to managed CPUs The first offline/online cycle is successful, the second not. Doing: echo 0 >cpu1/online echo 1 >cpu1/online echo 0 >cpu1/online The last command will trigger: Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210125] ------------[ cut here ]------------ Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210139] WARNING: at lib/kref.c:43 kref_get+0x23/0x2b() Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210144] Hardware name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210148] Modules linked in: powernow_k8 Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210158] Pid: 378, comm: kondemand/2 Tainted: G W 2.6.31-rc2 #38 Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210163] Call Trace: Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210171] [] ? kref_get+0x23/0x2b Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210181] [] warn_slowpath_common+0x77/0xa4 Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210190] [] warn_slowpath_null+0xf/0x11 Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210198] [] kref_get+0x23/0x2b Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210206] [] kobject_get+0x1a/0x22 Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210214] [] cpufreq_cpu_get+0x8a/0xcb Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210222] [] __cpufreq_driver_getavg+0x1d/0x67 Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210231] [] do_dbs_timer+0x158/0x27f Jul 22 14:39:50 linux kernel: [ 593.210240] [] worker_thread+0x200/0x313 ... The output continues on every do_dbs_timer ondemand freq checking poll. This regression was introduced by git commit: 3f4a782b5ce2698b1870b5a7b573cd721d4fce33 The policy is released when the cpufreq device is removed in: __cpufreq_remove_dev(): /* if this isn't the CPU which is the parent of the kobj, we * only need to unlink, put and exit */ Not creating the symlink is not sever at all. As long as: sysfs_remove_link(&sys_dev->kobj, "cpufreq"); handles it gracefully that the symlink did not exist. Possibly no error should be returned at all, because ondemand governor would still provide the same functionality. Userspace in userspace gov case might be confused if the link is missing. Resolves http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13903 CC: Mathieu Desnoyers CC: Venkatesh Pallipadi Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger Signed-off-by: Dave Jones --- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c index 120d236c0ffb..bd74a0b12176 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c @@ -858,6 +858,8 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct sys_device *sys_dev) /* Check for existing affected CPUs. * They may not be aware of it due to CPU Hotplug. + * cpufreq_cpu_put is called when the device is removed + * in __cpufreq_remove_dev() */ managed_policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(j); if (unlikely(managed_policy)) { @@ -884,7 +886,7 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct sys_device *sys_dev) ret = sysfs_create_link(&sys_dev->kobj, &managed_policy->kobj, "cpufreq"); - if (!ret) + if (ret) cpufreq_cpu_put(managed_policy); /* * Success. We only needed to be added to the mask. -- 2.20.1