[PATCH v2 04/14] firmware: arm_scmi: Fix SCMI device destroy lifetimes

Sudeep Holla sudeep.holla at kernel.org
Wed Jul 1 09:52:25 PDT 2026


scmi_child_dev_find() drops the reference returned by
device_find_child() before returning the scmi_device pointer. A
concurrent unregister can then release the device while the destroy path
is still using the returned pointer.

Make the lookup helper return the device_find_child() reference and keep
it until scmi_device_destroy() has finished unregistering the child.

Also split device_unregister() in __scmi_device_destroy() so the SCMI bus
ID is not made reusable until after device_del() has removed the old
scmi_dev.N name from sysfs. This avoids a new SCMI device reusing the
same ID while the old device is still registered.

Fixes: 46edb8d1322c ("firmware: arm_scmi: provide the mandatory device release callback")
Fixes: 9ca67840c0dd ("firmware: arm_scmi: Balance device refcount when destroying devices")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot at kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
index d4beefa4234f..e1deb1b3011d 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
@@ -250,8 +250,9 @@ static int scmi_match_by_id_table(struct device *dev, const void *data)
 	return __scmi_dev_match_by_id_table(scmi_dev, id_table, false);
 }
 
-static struct scmi_device *scmi_child_dev_find(struct device *parent,
-					       int prot_id, const char *name)
+/* Returns a device_find_child() reference which must be dropped by caller. */
+static struct scmi_device *
+scmi_child_dev_find_get(struct device *parent, int prot_id, const char *name)
 {
 	struct scmi_device_id id_table[2] = { 0 };
 	struct device *dev;
@@ -263,9 +264,6 @@ static struct scmi_device *scmi_child_dev_find(struct device *parent,
 	if (!dev)
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* Drop the refcnt bumped implicitly by device_find_child */
-	put_device(dev);
-
 	return to_scmi_dev(dev);
 }
 
@@ -422,8 +420,9 @@ static void __scmi_device_destroy(struct scmi_device *scmi_dev)
 	if (scmi_dev->protocol_id == SCMI_PROTOCOL_SYSTEM)
 		atomic_set(&scmi_syspower_registered, 0);
 
+	device_del(&scmi_dev->dev);
 	ida_free(&scmi_bus_id, scmi_dev->id);
-	device_unregister(&scmi_dev->dev);
+	put_device(&scmi_dev->dev);
 }
 
 static struct scmi_device *
@@ -440,9 +439,11 @@ __scmi_device_create(struct device_node *np, struct device *parent,
 	 * each DT defined protocol at probe time, and the concurrent
 	 * registration of SCMI drivers.
 	 */
-	scmi_dev = scmi_child_dev_find(parent, protocol, name);
-	if (scmi_dev)
+	scmi_dev = scmi_child_dev_find_get(parent, protocol, name);
+	if (scmi_dev) {
+		put_device(&scmi_dev->dev);
 		return scmi_dev;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Ignore any possible subsequent failures while creating the device
@@ -492,8 +493,8 @@ __scmi_device_create(struct device_node *np, struct device *parent,
 
 	return scmi_dev;
 put_dev:
+	ida_free(&scmi_bus_id, scmi_dev->id);
 	put_device(&scmi_dev->dev);
-	ida_free(&scmi_bus_id, id);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -574,9 +575,11 @@ void scmi_device_destroy(struct device *parent, int protocol, const char *name)
 {
 	struct scmi_device *scmi_dev;
 
-	scmi_dev = scmi_child_dev_find(parent, protocol, name);
-	if (scmi_dev)
+	scmi_dev = scmi_child_dev_find_get(parent, protocol, name);
+	if (scmi_dev) {
 		__scmi_device_destroy(scmi_dev);
+		put_device(&scmi_dev->dev);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scmi_device_destroy);
 

-- 
2.43.0




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