[PATCH 3/3] firewire: cdev: use single object to dispatch event for request to IEC 61883-1 FCP region

[Takashi Sakamoto]

The core function always passes the data of request to the callback of
listener in any case. Additionally, the listener can maintain the lifetime
of data by reference count. In character device, no need to duplicate the
payload of request anymore to copy it to user space.

This commit extends the lifetime of data to obsolete duplication of
payload for request in character device.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi at sakamocchi.jp>
---
 drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c | 25 +++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
index 7fa49e51bae8..2c16ee8fd842 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ static void release_request(struct client *client,
 			struct inbound_transaction_resource, resource);
 
 	if (r->is_fcp)
-		kfree(r->data);
+		fw_request_put(r->request);
 	else
 		fw_send_response(r->card, r->request, RCODE_CONFLICT_ERROR);
 
@@ -669,12 +669,16 @@ static void handle_request(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_request *request,
 	struct inbound_transaction_resource *r;
 	struct inbound_transaction_event *e;
 	size_t event_size0;
-	void *fcp_frame = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* card may be different from handler->client->device->card */
 	fw_card_get(card);
 
+	// Extend the lifetime of data for request so that its payload is safely accessible in
+	// the process context for the client.
+	if (is_fcp)
+		fw_request_get(request);
+
 	r = kmalloc(sizeof(*r), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	e = kmalloc(sizeof(*e), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (r == NULL || e == NULL)
@@ -686,18 +690,6 @@ static void handle_request(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_request *request,
 	r->data    = payload;
 	r->length  = length;
 
-	if (is_fcp) {
-		/*
-		 * FIXME: Let core-transaction.c manage a
-		 * single reference-counted copy?
-		 */
-		fcp_frame = kmemdup(payload, length, GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (fcp_frame == NULL)
-			goto failed;
-
-		r->data = fcp_frame;
-	}
-
 	r->resource.release = release_request;
 	ret = add_client_resource(handler->client, &r->resource, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -739,10 +731,11 @@ static void handle_request(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_request *request,
  failed:
 	kfree(r);
 	kfree(e);
-	kfree(fcp_frame);
 
 	if (!is_fcp)
 		fw_send_response(card, request, RCODE_CONFLICT_ERROR);
+	else
+		fw_request_put(request);
 
 	fw_card_put(card);
 }
@@ -818,7 +811,7 @@ static int ioctl_send_response(struct client *client, union ioctl_arg *arg)
 	r = container_of(resource, struct inbound_transaction_resource,
 			 resource);
 	if (r->is_fcp) {
-		kfree(r->data);
+		fw_request_put(r->request);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-- 
2.37.2