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    ACPI / hotplug: Fix potential race in acpi_bus_notify() · 78ea4639
    Rafael J. Wysocki authored
    There is a slight possibility for the ACPI device object pointed to
    by adev in acpi_hotplug_notify_cb() to become invalid between the
    acpi_bus_get_device() that it comes from and the subsequent dereference
    of that pointer under get_device().  Namely, if acpi_scan_drop_device()
    runs in parallel with acpi_hotplug_notify_cb(), acpi_device_del_work_fn()
    queued up by it may delete the device object in question right after
    a successful execution of acpi_bus_get_device() in acpi_bus_notify().
    
    An analogous problem is present in acpi_bus_notify() where the device
    pointer coming from acpi_bus_get_device() may become invalid before
    it subsequent dereference in the "if" block.
    
    To prevent that from happening, introduce a new function,
    acpi_bus_get_acpi_device(), working analogously to acpi_bus_get_device()
    except that it will grab a reference to the ACPI device object returned
    by it and it will do that under the ACPICA's namespace mutex.  Then,
    make both acpi_hotplug_notify_cb() and acpi_bus_notify() use
    acpi_bus_get_acpi_device() instead of acpi_bus_get_device() so as to
    ensure that the pointers used by them will not become stale at one
    point.
    
    In addition to that, introduce acpi_bus_put_acpi_device() as a wrapper
    around put_device() to be used along with acpi_bus_get_acpi_device()
    and make the (new) users of the latter use acpi_bus_put_acpi_device()
    too.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarMika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
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