From 938835aa903ae19ad62805134f79bbcf20fc3bea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:48:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: do not create a static struct device A struct device is a dynamic structure, with reference counting. "Tricking" the kernel to make a dynamic structure static, by working around the driver core release detection logic, is not nice. Because of this, this code has been used as an example for others on "how to do things", which is just about the worst thing possible to have happen. Fix this all up by making the platform device dynamic and providing a real release function. Cc: Rajneesh Bhardwaj Cc: Vishwanath Somayaji Cc: Darren Hart Cc: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Rajat Jain Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Maximilian Luz Fixes: b02f6a2ef0a1 ("platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: Attach using APCI HID "INT33A1"") Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Acked-by: Rajat Jain Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko --- drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core_pltdrv.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core_pltdrv.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core_pltdrv.c index 7312818..7379768 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core_pltdrv.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_core_pltdrv.c @@ -20,15 +20,10 @@ static void intel_pmc_core_release(struct device *dev) { - /* Nothing to do. */ + kfree(dev); } -static struct platform_device pmc_core_device = { - .name = "intel_pmc_core", - .dev = { - .release = intel_pmc_core_release, - }, -}; +static struct platform_device *pmc_core_device; /* * intel_pmc_core_platform_ids is the list of platforms where we want to @@ -52,6 +47,8 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, intel_pmc_core_platform_ids); static int __init pmc_core_platform_init(void) { + int retval; + /* Skip creating the platform device if ACPI already has a device */ if (acpi_dev_present("INT33A1", NULL, -1)) return -ENODEV; @@ -59,12 +56,23 @@ static int __init pmc_core_platform_init(void) if (!x86_match_cpu(intel_pmc_core_platform_ids)) return -ENODEV; - return platform_device_register(&pmc_core_device); + pmc_core_device = kzalloc(sizeof(*pmc_core_device), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!pmc_core_device) + return -ENOMEM; + + pmc_core_device->name = "intel_pmc_core"; + pmc_core_device->dev.release = intel_pmc_core_release; + + retval = platform_device_register(pmc_core_device); + if (retval) + kfree(pmc_core_device); + + return retval; } static void __exit pmc_core_platform_exit(void) { - platform_device_unregister(&pmc_core_device); + platform_device_unregister(pmc_core_device); } module_init(pmc_core_platform_init); -- 2.7.4