param: lock myri10ge_fw_name against sysfs changes.

Since it can be changed via sysfs, we need to make a copy.  This most
generic way of doing this is to keep a flag so we know when to free it.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@myri.com>
Cc: Brice Goglin <brice@myri.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org

drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c

@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ struct myri10ge_priv {
 	int watchdog_resets;
 	int watchdog_pause;
 	int pause;
+	bool fw_name_allocated;
 	char *fw_name;
 	char eeprom_strings[MYRI10GE_EEPROM_STRINGS_SIZE];
 	char *product_code_string;
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ MODULE_FIRMWARE("myri10ge_eth_z8e.dat");
 MODULE_FIRMWARE("myri10ge_rss_ethp_z8e.dat");
 MODULE_FIRMWARE("myri10ge_rss_eth_z8e.dat");
 
+/* Careful: must be accessed under kparam_block_sysfs_write */
 static char *myri10ge_fw_name = NULL;
 module_param(myri10ge_fw_name, charp, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(myri10ge_fw_name, "Firmware image name");
@@ -376,6 +378,14 @@ static inline void put_be32(__be32 val, __be32 __iomem * p)
 
 static struct net_device_stats *myri10ge_get_stats(struct net_device *dev);
 
+static void set_fw_name(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp, char *name, bool allocated)
+{
+	if (mgp->fw_name_allocated)
+		kfree(mgp->fw_name);
+	mgp->fw_name = name;
+	mgp->fw_name_allocated = allocated;
+}
+
 static int
 myri10ge_send_cmd(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp, u32 cmd,
 		  struct myri10ge_cmd *data, int atomic)
@@ -747,7 +757,7 @@ static int myri10ge_load_firmware(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp, int adopt)
 			dev_warn(&mgp->pdev->dev, "via hotplug\n");
 		}
 
-		mgp->fw_name = "adopted";
+		set_fw_name(mgp, "adopted", false);
 		mgp->tx_boundary = 2048;
 		myri10ge_dummy_rdma(mgp, 1);
 		status = myri10ge_get_firmware_capabilities(mgp);
@@ -3233,7 +3243,7 @@ static void myri10ge_firmware_probe(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp)
 	 * load the optimized firmware (which assumes aligned PCIe
 	 * completions) in order to see if it works on this host.
 	 */
-	mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_aligned;
+	set_fw_name(mgp, myri10ge_fw_aligned, false);
 	status = myri10ge_load_firmware(mgp, 1);
 	if (status != 0) {
 		goto abort;
@@ -3261,7 +3271,7 @@ static void myri10ge_firmware_probe(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp)
 abort:
 	/* fall back to using the unaligned firmware */
 	mgp->tx_boundary = 2048;
-	mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_unaligned;
+	set_fw_name(mgp, myri10ge_fw_unaligned, false);
 
 }
 
@@ -3284,7 +3294,7 @@ static void myri10ge_select_firmware(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp)
 			dev_info(&mgp->pdev->dev, "PCIE x%d Link\n",
 				 link_width);
 			mgp->tx_boundary = 4096;
-			mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_aligned;
+			set_fw_name(mgp, myri10ge_fw_aligned, false);
 		} else {
 			myri10ge_firmware_probe(mgp);
 		}
@@ -3293,22 +3303,29 @@ static void myri10ge_select_firmware(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp)
 			dev_info(&mgp->pdev->dev,
 				 "Assuming aligned completions (forced)\n");
 			mgp->tx_boundary = 4096;
-			mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_aligned;
+			set_fw_name(mgp, myri10ge_fw_aligned, false);
 		} else {
 			dev_info(&mgp->pdev->dev,
 				 "Assuming unaligned completions (forced)\n");
 			mgp->tx_boundary = 2048;
-			mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_unaligned;
+			set_fw_name(mgp, myri10ge_fw_unaligned, false);
 		}
 	}
+
+	kparam_block_sysfs_write(myri10ge_fw_name);
 	if (myri10ge_fw_name != NULL) {
-		overridden = 1;
-		mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_name;
+		char *fw_name = kstrdup(myri10ge_fw_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (fw_name) {
+			overridden = 1;
+			set_fw_name(mgp, fw_name, true);
+		}
 	}
+	kparam_unblock_sysfs_write(myri10ge_fw_name);
+
 	if (mgp->board_number < MYRI10GE_MAX_BOARDS &&
 	    myri10ge_fw_names[mgp->board_number] != NULL &&
 	    strlen(myri10ge_fw_names[mgp->board_number])) {
-		mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_names[mgp->board_number];
+		set_fw_name(mgp, myri10ge_fw_names[mgp->board_number], false);
 		overridden = 1;
 	}
 	if (overridden)
@@ -3660,6 +3677,7 @@ static void myri10ge_probe_slices(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp)
 	struct myri10ge_cmd cmd;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = mgp->pdev;
 	char *old_fw;
+	bool old_allocated;
 	int i, status, ncpus, msix_cap;
 
 	mgp->num_slices = 1;
@@ -3672,17 +3690,23 @@ static void myri10ge_probe_slices(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp)
 
 	/* try to load the slice aware rss firmware */
 	old_fw = mgp->fw_name;
+	old_allocated = mgp->fw_name_allocated;
+	/* don't free old_fw if we override it. */
+	mgp->fw_name_allocated = false;
+
 	if (myri10ge_fw_name != NULL) {
 		dev_info(&mgp->pdev->dev, "overriding rss firmware to %s\n",
 			 myri10ge_fw_name);
-		mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_name;
+		set_fw_name(mgp, myri10ge_fw_name, false);
 	} else if (old_fw == myri10ge_fw_aligned)
-		mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_rss_aligned;
+		set_fw_name(mgp, myri10ge_fw_rss_aligned, false);
 	else
-		mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_rss_unaligned;
+		set_fw_name(mgp, myri10ge_fw_rss_unaligned, false);
 	status = myri10ge_load_firmware(mgp, 0);
 	if (status != 0) {
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Rss firmware not found\n");
+		if (old_allocated)
+			kfree(old_fw);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -3747,6 +3771,8 @@ static void myri10ge_probe_slices(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp)
 					 mgp->num_slices);
 		if (status == 0) {
 			pci_disable_msix(pdev);
+			if (old_allocated)
+				kfree(old_fw);
 			return;
 		}
 		if (status > 0)
@@ -3763,7 +3789,7 @@ static void myri10ge_probe_slices(struct myri10ge_priv *mgp)
 
 abort_with_fw:
 	mgp->num_slices = 1;
-	mgp->fw_name = old_fw;
+	set_fw_name(mgp, old_fw, old_allocated);
 	myri10ge_load_firmware(mgp, 0);
 }
 
@@ -3993,6 +4019,7 @@ static int myri10ge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	pci_disable_device(pdev);
 
 abort_with_netdev:
+	set_fw_name(mgp, NULL, false);
 	free_netdev(netdev);
 	return status;
 }
@@ -4037,6 +4064,7 @@ static void myri10ge_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	dma_free_coherent(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*mgp->cmd),
 			  mgp->cmd, mgp->cmd_bus);
 
+	set_fw_name(mgp, NULL, false);
 	free_netdev(netdev);
 	pci_disable_device(pdev);
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);