Bluetooth: Fix wrong module refcount when connection setup fails

The module refcount is increased by hci_dev_hold() call in hci_conn_add()
and decreased by hci_dev_put() call in del_conn(). In case the connection
setup fails, hci_dev_put() is never called.

Procedure to reproduce the issue:

  # hciconfig hci0 up
  # lsmod | grep btusb                   -> "used by" refcount = 1

  # hcitool cc <non-exisiting bdaddr>    -> will get timeout

  # lsmod | grep btusb                   -> "used by" refcount = 2
  # hciconfig hci0 down
  # lsmod | grep btusb                   -> "used by" refcount = 1
  # rmmod btusb                          -> ERROR: Module btusb is in use

The hci_dev_put() call got moved into del_conn() with the 2.6.25 kernel
to fix an issue with hci_dev going away before hci_conn. However that
change was wrong and introduced this problem.

When calling hci_conn_del() it has to call hci_dev_put() after freeing
the connection details. This handling should be fully symmetric. The
execution of del_conn() is done in a work queue and needs it own calls
to hci_dev_hold() and hci_dev_put() to ensure that the hci_dev stays
until the connection cleanup has been finished.

Based on a report by Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>

Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Tested-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
index 61309b26f271..85a1c6be2db9 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ int hci_conn_del(struct hci_conn *conn)
 
         hci_conn_del_sysfs(conn);
 
+        hci_dev_put(hdev);
+
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c
index a05d45eb3ba1..4cc3624bd22d 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ static void add_conn(struct work_struct *work)
                 BT_ERR("Failed to register connection device");
                 return;
         }
+
+        hci_dev_hold(hdev);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ static void del_conn(struct work_struct *work)
 
         device_del(&conn->dev);
         put_device(&conn->dev);
+
         hci_dev_put(hdev);
 }