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driver core: generalize driver_override in struct device
authorDanilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Tue, 3 Mar 2026 11:53:18 +0000 (12:53 +0100)
committerDanilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:30:23 +0000 (20:30 +0100)
Currently, there are 12 busses (including platform and PCI) that
duplicate the driver_override logic for their individual devices.

All of them seem to be prone to the bug described in [1].

While this could be solved for every bus individually using a separate
lock, solving this in the driver-core generically results in less (and
cleaner) changes overall.

Thus, move driver_override to struct device, provide corresponding
accessors for busses and handle locking with a separate lock internally.

In particular, add device_set_driver_override(),
device_has_driver_override(), device_match_driver_override() and
generalize the sysfs store() and show() callbacks via a driver_override
feature flag in struct bus_type.

Until all busses have migrated, keep driver_set_override() in place.

Note that we can't use the device lock for the reasons described in [2].

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/DGRGTIRHA62X.3RY09D9SOK77P@kernel.org/
Tested-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303115720.48783-2-dakr@kernel.org
[ Use dev->bus instead of sp->bus for consistency; fix commit message to
  refer to the struct bus_type's driver_override feature flag. - Danilo ]
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
drivers/base/bus.c
drivers/base/core.c
drivers/base/dd.c
include/linux/device.h
include/linux/device/bus.h

index bb61d8adbab12c8dedbaf74076c36bc2e570702c..8b6722ff8590df0c31db955e939dd342ce10e708 100644 (file)
@@ -504,6 +504,36 @@ int bus_for_each_drv(const struct bus_type *bus, struct device_driver *start,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_for_each_drv);
 
+static ssize_t driver_override_store(struct device *dev,
+                                    struct device_attribute *attr,
+                                    const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = __device_set_driver_override(dev, buf, count);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t driver_override_show(struct device *dev,
+                                   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+       guard(spinlock)(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+       return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", dev->driver_override.name);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(driver_override);
+
+static struct attribute *driver_override_dev_attrs[] = {
+       &dev_attr_driver_override.attr,
+       NULL,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group driver_override_dev_group = {
+       .attrs = driver_override_dev_attrs,
+};
+
 /**
  * bus_add_device - add device to bus
  * @dev: device being added
@@ -537,9 +567,15 @@ int bus_add_device(struct device *dev)
        if (error)
                goto out_put;
 
+       if (dev->bus->driver_override) {
+               error = device_add_group(dev, &driver_override_dev_group);
+               if (error)
+                       goto out_groups;
+       }
+
        error = sysfs_create_link(&sp->devices_kset->kobj, &dev->kobj, dev_name(dev));
        if (error)
-               goto out_groups;
+               goto out_override;
 
        error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &sp->subsys.kobj, "subsystem");
        if (error)
@@ -550,6 +586,9 @@ int bus_add_device(struct device *dev)
 
 out_subsys:
        sysfs_remove_link(&sp->devices_kset->kobj, dev_name(dev));
+out_override:
+       if (dev->bus->driver_override)
+               device_remove_group(dev, &driver_override_dev_group);
 out_groups:
        device_remove_groups(dev, sp->bus->dev_groups);
 out_put:
@@ -607,6 +646,8 @@ void bus_remove_device(struct device *dev)
 
        sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
        sysfs_remove_link(&sp->devices_kset->kobj, dev_name(dev));
+       if (dev->bus->driver_override)
+               device_remove_group(dev, &driver_override_dev_group);
        device_remove_groups(dev, dev->bus->dev_groups);
        if (klist_node_attached(&dev->p->knode_bus))
                klist_del(&dev->p->knode_bus);
index 791f9e444df8d31458f0c07844d9bf56172d9c73..09b98f02f559d073c892648dbe49c60317df432b 100644 (file)
@@ -2556,6 +2556,7 @@ static void device_release(struct kobject *kobj)
        devres_release_all(dev);
 
        kfree(dev->dma_range_map);
+       kfree(dev->driver_override.name);
 
        if (dev->release)
                dev->release(dev);
@@ -3159,6 +3160,7 @@ void device_initialize(struct device *dev)
        kobject_init(&dev->kobj, &device_ktype);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dma_pools);
        mutex_init(&dev->mutex);
+       spin_lock_init(&dev->driver_override.lock);
        lockdep_set_novalidate_class(&dev->mutex);
        spin_lock_init(&dev->devres_lock);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->devres_head);
index bea8da5f8a3a92dc37dd2bee5a1cd96e7cb593fe..37c7e54e0e4c7438759177587a77d6cebeb438f2 100644 (file)
@@ -381,6 +381,66 @@ static void __exit deferred_probe_exit(void)
 }
 __exitcall(deferred_probe_exit);
 
+int __device_set_driver_override(struct device *dev, const char *s, size_t len)
+{
+       const char *new, *old;
+       char *cp;
+
+       if (!s)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       /*
+        * The stored value will be used in sysfs show callback (sysfs_emit()),
+        * which has a length limit of PAGE_SIZE and adds a trailing newline.
+        * Thus we can store one character less to avoid truncation during sysfs
+        * show.
+        */
+       if (len >= (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       /*
+        * Compute the real length of the string in case userspace sends us a
+        * bunch of \0 characters like python likes to do.
+        */
+       len = strlen(s);
+
+       if (!len) {
+               /* Empty string passed - clear override */
+               spin_lock(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+               old = dev->driver_override.name;
+               dev->driver_override.name = NULL;
+               spin_unlock(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+               kfree(old);
+
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       cp = strnchr(s, len, '\n');
+       if (cp)
+               len = cp - s;
+
+       new = kstrndup(s, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!new)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       spin_lock(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+       old = dev->driver_override.name;
+       if (cp != s) {
+               dev->driver_override.name = new;
+               spin_unlock(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+       } else {
+               /* "\n" passed - clear override */
+               dev->driver_override.name = NULL;
+               spin_unlock(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+
+               kfree(new);
+       }
+       kfree(old);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__device_set_driver_override);
+
 /**
  * device_is_bound() - Check if device is bound to a driver
  * @dev: device to check
index 0be95294b6e61577b43b489d84d8c5a391d73f66..e65d564f01cd7cdc783d3f3470675d6600623fb0 100644 (file)
@@ -483,6 +483,8 @@ struct device_physical_location {
  *             on.  This shrinks the "Board Support Packages" (BSPs) and
  *             minimizes board-specific #ifdefs in drivers.
  * @driver_data: Private pointer for driver specific info.
+ * @driver_override: Driver name to force a match.  Do not touch directly; use
+ *                  device_set_driver_override() instead.
  * @links:     Links to suppliers and consumers of this device.
  * @power:     For device power management.
  *             See Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst for details.
@@ -576,6 +578,10 @@ struct device {
                                           core doesn't touch it */
        void            *driver_data;   /* Driver data, set and get with
                                           dev_set_drvdata/dev_get_drvdata */
+       struct {
+               const char      *name;
+               spinlock_t      lock;
+       } driver_override;
        struct mutex            mutex;  /* mutex to synchronize calls to
                                         * its driver.
                                         */
@@ -701,6 +707,54 @@ struct device_link {
 
 #define kobj_to_dev(__kobj)    container_of_const(__kobj, struct device, kobj)
 
+int __device_set_driver_override(struct device *dev, const char *s, size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * device_set_driver_override() - Helper to set or clear driver override.
+ * @dev: Device to change
+ * @s: NUL-terminated string, new driver name to force a match, pass empty
+ *     string to clear it ("" or "\n", where the latter is only for sysfs
+ *     interface).
+ *
+ * Helper to set or clear driver override of a device.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
+ */
+static inline int device_set_driver_override(struct device *dev, const char *s)
+{
+       return __device_set_driver_override(dev, s, s ? strlen(s) : 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * device_has_driver_override() - Check if a driver override has been set.
+ * @dev: device to check
+ *
+ * Returns true if a driver override has been set for this device.
+ */
+static inline bool device_has_driver_override(struct device *dev)
+{
+       guard(spinlock)(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+       return !!dev->driver_override.name;
+}
+
+/**
+ * device_match_driver_override() - Match a driver against the device's driver_override.
+ * @dev: device to check
+ * @drv: driver to match against
+ *
+ * Returns > 0 if a driver override is set and matches the given driver, 0 if a
+ * driver override is set but does not match, or < 0 if a driver override is not
+ * set at all.
+ */
+static inline int device_match_driver_override(struct device *dev,
+                                              const struct device_driver *drv)
+{
+       guard(spinlock)(&dev->driver_override.lock);
+       if (dev->driver_override.name)
+               return !strcmp(dev->driver_override.name, drv->name);
+       return -1;
+}
+
 /**
  * device_iommu_mapped - Returns true when the device DMA is translated
  *                      by an IOMMU
index 63de5f053c331c0aa96650ae23bf51d5b5edfb2e..c1b463cd6464d8df20e230071f41b690976becc1 100644 (file)
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ struct fwnode_handle;
  *                     this bus.
  * @pm:                Power management operations of this bus, callback the specific
  *             device driver's pm-ops.
+ * @driver_override:   Set to true if this bus supports the driver_override
+ *                     mechanism, which allows userspace to force a specific
+ *                     driver to bind to a device via a sysfs attribute.
  * @need_parent_lock:  When probing or removing a device on this bus, the
  *                     device core should lock the device's parent.
  *
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ struct bus_type {
 
        const struct dev_pm_ops *pm;
 
+       bool driver_override;
        bool need_parent_lock;
 };