[PATCH] drivers/firmware: psci_checker: Add missing destroy_timer_on_stack()

[Lorenzo Pieralisi]

On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 10:17:54AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 5:02 PM, Lorenzo Pieralisi
> <lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com> wrote:
> > The PSCI checker suspend_test_thread() function (ie executed for the
> > suspend test) requires an on-stack timer to carry out the test it
> > executes; it sets it up through the setup_timer_on_stack() API.
> >
> > setup_timer_on_stack() requires its counterpart destroy_timer_on_stack()
> > to be called when the timer is disposed of but the PSCI checker code is
> > currently missing that call, leaving the timer object in an incosistent
> > state when the PSCI checker stops the thread executing the suspend
> > test.
> >
> > Add the missing destroy_timer_on_stack() call to fix the omission.
> >
> > Fixes: ea8b1c4a6019 ("drivers: psci: PSCI checker module")
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com>
> > Reported-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> > Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> 
> Hi Lorenzo,
> 
> You addressed the patch 'To: arm at kernel.org', but I'm not entirely
> sure what to do with it, it would be nice to be a little more explicit whether
> you want us to apply the patch directly or just review it, and which trees
> you want it to get merged into.

Yes, I was about to reply to you - I should have added some comments
to the patch itself, apologies.

> As you are fixing a regression against v4.10, I would assume you want
> it merged into v4.14 with a 'cc: stable' tag to have it backported into v4.13,
> correct?

Yes it is correct - since the PSCI checker went through ARM SoC I expect
fixes to go through ARM SoC too please (but I should have mentioned the
summary you correctly wrote up above myself).

Thanks,
Lorenzo