Bluetooth: Fix hci_conn reference counting for fixed channels

Now that SMP has been converted to use fixed channels we've got a bit of
a problem with the hci_conn reference counting. So far the L2CAP code
has kept a reference for each L2CAP channel that was notified of the
connection. With SMP however this would mean that the connection is
never dropped even though there are no other users of it. Furthermore,
SMP already does its own hci_conn reference counting internally,
starting from a security or pairing request and ending with the key
distribution.

This patch makes L2CAP fixed channels default to the L2CAP core not
keeping a hci_conn reference for them. A new FLAG_HOLD_HCI_CONN flag is
added so that L2CAP users can declare an exception to this rule and hold
a reference even for their fixed channels. One such exception is the
L2CAP socket layer which does want a reference for each socket (e.g. an
ATT socket which uses a fixed channel).

Signed-off-by: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index 777c41dbfdbe..a6559225bb50 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -546,7 +546,10 @@ void __l2cap_chan_add(struct l2cap_conn *conn, struct l2cap_chan *chan)
 
 	l2cap_chan_hold(chan);
 
-	hci_conn_hold(conn->hcon);
+	/* Only keep a reference for fixed channels if they requested it */
+	if (chan->chan_type != L2CAP_CHAN_FIXED ||
+	    test_bit(FLAG_HOLD_HCI_CONN, &chan->flags))
+		hci_conn_hold(conn->hcon);
 
 	list_add(&chan->list, &conn->chan_l);
 }
@@ -577,7 +580,12 @@ void l2cap_chan_del(struct l2cap_chan *chan, int err)
 
 		chan->conn = NULL;
 
-		if (chan->scid != L2CAP_CID_A2MP)
+		/* Reference was only held for non-fixed channels or
+		 * fixed channels that explicitly requested it using the
+		 * FLAG_HOLD_HCI_CONN flag.
+		 */
+		if (chan->chan_type != L2CAP_CHAN_FIXED ||
+		    test_bit(FLAG_HOLD_HCI_CONN, &chan->flags))
 			hci_conn_drop(conn->hcon);
 
 		if (mgr && mgr->bredr_chan == chan)