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authorMarco Pagani <marpagan@redhat.com>2024-03-22 18:18:37 +0100
committerXu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>2024-03-31 21:54:44 +0800
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fpga: bridge: add owner module and take its refcount
The current implementation of the fpga bridge assumes that the low-level module registers a driver for the parent device and uses its owner pointer to take the module's refcount. This approach is problematic since it can lead to a null pointer dereference while attempting to get the bridge if the parent device does not have a driver. To address this problem, add a module owner pointer to the fpga_bridge struct and use it to take the module's refcount. Modify the function for registering a bridge to take an additional owner module parameter and rename it to avoid conflicts. Use the old function name for a helper macro that automatically sets the module that registers the bridge as the owner. This ensures compatibility with existing low-level control modules and reduces the chances of registering a bridge without setting the owner. Also, update the documentation to keep it consistent with the new interface for registering an fpga bridge. Other changes: opportunistically move put_device() from __fpga_bridge_get() to fpga_bridge_get() and of_fpga_bridge_get() to improve code clarity since the bridge device is taken in these functions. Fixes: 21aeda950c5f ("fpga: add fpga bridge framework") Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Suggested-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Marco Pagani <marpagan@redhat.com> Acked-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240322171839.233864-1-marpagan@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst
index 604208534095..833f68fb0700 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ API to implement a new FPGA bridge
* struct fpga_bridge - The FPGA Bridge structure
* struct fpga_bridge_ops - Low level Bridge driver ops
-* fpga_bridge_register() - Create and register a bridge
+* __fpga_bridge_register() - Create and register a bridge
* fpga_bridge_unregister() - Unregister a bridge
+The helper macro ``fpga_bridge_register()`` automatically sets
+the module that registers the FPGA bridge as the owner.
+
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-bridge.h
:functions: fpga_bridge
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ API to implement a new FPGA bridge
:functions: fpga_bridge_ops
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
- :functions: fpga_bridge_register
+ :functions: __fpga_bridge_register
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
:functions: fpga_bridge_unregister