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SubjectRe: Omap3-isp isp_remove() access subdev.entity after media_device_cleanup()
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On 12/12/2016 01:03 AM, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Shuah,
>
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 09:52:44AM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
>> Hi Sakari,
>>
>> I am looking at omap3 isp_remove() closely and I think there are a few
>> issues there that could cause problems during unbind.
>>
>> isp_remove() tries to do media_entity_cleanup() after it unregisters
>> media_device
>>
>> isp_remove() calls isp_unregister_entities() followed by
>> isp_cleanup_modules() - cleanup routines call media_entity_cleanup()
>>
>> media_entity_cleanup() accesses csi2a->subdev.entity which should be gone
>> by now after media_device_unregister(). This is just one example. I think
>> all of these cleanup routines isp_cleanup_modules() call access subdev.entity.
>>
>> static void isp_cleanup_modules(struct isp_device *isp)
>> {
>> omap3isp_h3a_aewb_cleanup(isp);
>> omap3isp_h3a_af_cleanup(isp);
>> omap3isp_hist_cleanup(isp);
>> omap3isp_resizer_cleanup(isp);
>> omap3isp_preview_cleanup(isp);
>> omap3isp_ccdc_cleanup(isp);
>> omap3isp_ccp2_cleanup(isp);
>> omap3isp_csi2_cleanup(isp);
>> }
>>
>> This is all done after media_device_cleanup() which does
>> ida_destroy(&mdev->entity_internal_idx); and mutex_destroy(&mdev->graph_mutex);
>
> Calling media_entity_cleanup() is not a source of the current problems in
> any way. The function is defined in media-entity.h and it does nothing:
>
> static inline void media_entity_cleanup(struct media_entity *entity) {};

Perhaps. Please see what I said about accesses csi2a->subdev.entity which is
gone by now to call media_entity_cleanup(). Even though media_entity_cleanup()
doesn't do anything, just this access could result in problems during unbind.

>
> We could later discuss when media_entity_cleanup() should be called though.
> The existing drivers do call it in their remove() handler.
>
>> I think there are some paths during unbind - isp_remove() that are unsafe.
>> I am trying to build https://github.com/gumstix/linux/tree/master now and
>> if I can get it to boot - I can send you some logs.
>
> Please do.
>

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