[PATCH] ARM: pxa: Fix pxa3xx-u2d crash when ULPI not used

[Igor Grinberg]

 On 09/05/10 11:01, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Dne Ne 5. září 2010 09:54:31 Igor Grinberg napsal(a):
>>  On 09/03/10 23:35, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>> In case the pxa3xx-u2d driver isn't used, probing of ohci-pxa27x will
>>> cause an ugly kernel crash (NULL pointer dereference in
>>> pxa3xx_u2d_start_hc(), because struct u2d is NULL and clk_enable() call
>>> will crash the kernel, trying to access it).
>> ohci code checks for pxa3xx cpu and only then runs start/stop hc.
> Exactly ... and in case "struct pxa3xx_u2d_ulpi *u2d" is NULL, clk_enable will 
> crash the kernel.
>
>> pxa3xx_ulpi.c is compiled if CONFIG_PXA3xx is selected.
>> The device <-> driver binding should not be a problem, so the
>> pxa3xx_u2d_probe() will run.
>> The only case, I see, when struct u2d does not exist is failure of the
>> probe function. If this is the case, we are having an abnormal execution
>> and if your patch is dealing with this issue, shouldn't you comment it as
>> such?
> Not at all ... if the pxa3xx-u2d driver isn't loaded at all, the function 
> (start/stop hc) is still called, but struct pxa3xx_u2d_ulpi *u2d is NULL. In 
> this case, if you call clk_enable(u2d->clk), you crash the kernel (because u2d 
> is NULL).

How, can it happen, that "pxa3xx-u2d driver isn't loaded at all"?
This can happen only if you rip out the device registration or hack a Makefile.
I don't see any other way... is there?

> Good night, I'll be back in 8 hrs or so :)
>
>>> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut at gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>>  arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa3xx-ulpi.c |    8 ++++++++
>>>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa3xx-ulpi.c
>>> b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa3xx-ulpi.c index e57439e..ce7168b 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa3xx-ulpi.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa3xx-ulpi.c
>>> @@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ int pxa3xx_u2d_start_hc(struct usb_bus *host)
>>>
>>>  {
>>>  
>>>  	int err = 0;
>>>
>>> +	/* In case the PXA3xx ULPI isn't used, do nothing. */
>>> +	if (!u2d)
>>> +		return 0;
>>> +
>>>
>>>  	clk_enable(u2d->clk);
>>>  	
>>>  	if (cpu_is_pxa310()) {
>>>
>>> @@ -264,6 +268,10 @@ int pxa3xx_u2d_start_hc(struct usb_bus *host)
>>>
>>>  void pxa3xx_u2d_stop_hc(struct usb_bus *host)
>>>  {
>>>
>>> +	/* In case the PXA3xx ULPI isn't used, do nothing. */
>>> +	if (!u2d)
>>> +		return;
>>> +
>>>
>>>  	if (cpu_is_pxa310())
>>>  	
>>>  		pxa310_stop_otg_hc();

-- 
Regards,
Igor.