virtio-mmio: fix device release warning on module unload

Driver core expects devices to be allocated dynamically and complains
loudly when a device that lacks a release function is freed.

Use __root_device_register() to allocate and register the root device
instead of open coding using a static device.

Note that root_device_register(), which also creates a link to the
module, cannot be used as the device is registered when parsing the
module parameters which happens before the module kobject has been set
up.

Fixes: 81a054ce0b ("virtio-mmio: Devices parameter parsing")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 3.5
Cc: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20260427143710.14702-1-johan@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Johan Hovold
2026-04-27 16:37:10 +02:00
committed by Michael S. Tsirkin
parent 929e4f0446
commit c687bc3569

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@@ -662,9 +662,7 @@ static void virtio_mmio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
#if defined(CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO_CMDLINE_DEVICES)
static struct device vm_cmdline_parent = {
.init_name = "virtio-mmio-cmdline",
};
static struct device *vm_cmdline_parent;
static int vm_cmdline_parent_registered;
static int vm_cmdline_id;
@@ -672,7 +670,6 @@ static int vm_cmdline_id;
static int vm_cmdline_set(const char *device,
const struct kernel_param *kp)
{
int err;
struct resource resources[2] = {};
char *str;
long long base, size;
@@ -704,11 +701,10 @@ static int vm_cmdline_set(const char *device,
resources[1].start = resources[1].end = irq;
if (!vm_cmdline_parent_registered) {
err = device_register(&vm_cmdline_parent);
if (err) {
put_device(&vm_cmdline_parent);
vm_cmdline_parent = __root_device_register("virtio-mmio-cmdline", NULL);
if (IS_ERR(vm_cmdline_parent)) {
pr_err("Failed to register parent device!\n");
return err;
return PTR_ERR(vm_cmdline_parent);
}
vm_cmdline_parent_registered = 1;
}
@@ -719,7 +715,7 @@ static int vm_cmdline_set(const char *device,
(unsigned long long)resources[0].end,
(int)resources[1].start);
pdev = platform_device_register_resndata(&vm_cmdline_parent,
pdev = platform_device_register_resndata(vm_cmdline_parent,
"virtio-mmio", vm_cmdline_id++,
resources, ARRAY_SIZE(resources), NULL, 0);
@@ -743,8 +739,12 @@ static int vm_cmdline_get_device(struct device *dev, void *data)
static int vm_cmdline_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
{
buffer[0] = '\0';
device_for_each_child(&vm_cmdline_parent, buffer,
vm_cmdline_get_device);
if (vm_cmdline_parent_registered) {
device_for_each_child(vm_cmdline_parent, buffer,
vm_cmdline_get_device);
}
return strlen(buffer) + 1;
}
@@ -766,9 +766,9 @@ static int vm_unregister_cmdline_device(struct device *dev,
static void vm_unregister_cmdline_devices(void)
{
if (vm_cmdline_parent_registered) {
device_for_each_child(&vm_cmdline_parent, NULL,
device_for_each_child(vm_cmdline_parent, NULL,
vm_unregister_cmdline_device);
device_unregister(&vm_cmdline_parent);
root_device_unregister(vm_cmdline_parent);
vm_cmdline_parent_registered = 0;
}
}