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SubjectRe: [alsa-devel] [BUG] Kernel crash on Allwinner H3 due to sound core changes
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Hi,

Dne petek, 09. marec 2018 ob 00:49:18 CET je Kuninori Morimoto napisal(a):
> Hi Mark,Jernej
>
> > > Ahh.. indeed. Good catch !
> > > How about to add such flag ?
> > > This is just idea. No tested, No compiled, but can help you ?
> >
> > I think this makes sense as a patch. We might want to disallow
> > allocating components as part of a bigger struct so everything is more
> > consistent but that's a bigger thing.
>
> (snip)
>
> > I tested this patch and there is no crash anymore. If you will send it as
> > a
> > fix, you can add:
> >
> > Reported-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@siol.net>
> > Tested-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@siol.net>
>
> previous my patch used new flag (= .alloced_component),
> but I think it is not good idea.
> And I noticed that snd_soc_add_component() is
> also calling kfree(component) (= has same bug).
>
> So how about below one ?
> I want to post it instead of previous.
>
> # I will go to ELC next week, thus posting patch will be
> # 2weeks later
>
> ------------
> diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
> index c0edac8..4a8de23 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
> @@ -3476,7 +3476,6 @@ int snd_soc_add_component(struct device *dev,
> err_cleanup:
> snd_soc_component_cleanup(component);
> err_free:
> - kfree(component);
> return ret;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_add_component);
> @@ -3488,7 +3487,7 @@ int snd_soc_register_component(struct device *dev,
> {
> struct snd_soc_component *component;
>
> - component = kzalloc(sizeof(*component), GFP_KERNEL);
> + component = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*component), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!component)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> @@ -3523,7 +3522,6 @@ static int __snd_soc_unregister_component(struct
> device *dev)
>
> if (found) {
> snd_soc_component_cleanup(component);
> - kfree(component);
> }
>
> return found;

That patch also prevents the crash, so you can add my tested-by and reported-
by tags for this patch too.

Best regards,
Jernej


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