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SubjectRe: [PATCH] PCI AER: pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() call missing required pci_dev_put()
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On Mon, 2012-12-03 at 10:40 -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Betty Dall <betty.dall@hp.com> wrote:
> > The function aer_recover_queue() makes a call to pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot().
> > That function is documented to require that the caller decrement the
> > reference count by calling pci_dev_put(). This patch adds the missing
> > call to pci_dev_put().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Betty Dall <betty.dall@hp.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c | 1 +
> > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
> > index af4e31c..43caf53 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
> > @@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ static void aer_recover_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
> > continue;
> > }
> > do_recovery(pdev, entry.severity);
> > + pci_dev_put(pdev);
>
> Are you sure pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() does indeed increment the
> reference count? I see that in the comments right above the
> definition.
>
> pci_dev_get() does that for sure. I see a call trace of
>
> pci_dev_get() -> get_device() -> kobj_to_dev(kobject_get(&dev->kobj) etc.
>
> and kref_get() finally incrementing the
>
> static inline void kref_get(struct kref *kref)
> {
> WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&kref->refcount));
> atomic_inc(&kref->refcount);
> }
>
> However, I could not find any evidence that
> pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() does that. I see
> pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() calling pci_domain_nr() and there are
> several architecture specific defines for pci_domain_nr(). It is not
> clear to me where does refcount get incremented from
> pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() is called.
>
> What am I missing?

Trace back the for_each_pci_dev()

for_each_pci_dev
-> pci_get_device
-> pci_get_subsys
-> pci_get_dev_by_id
-> bus_find_device
-> get_device()

The real question is how many places do we call for_each_pci_dev()
without a put. It seems like pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() doesn't even
get it right since it should include a put of the non-matched devices.
Thanks,

Alex



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