[PATCH] ARM: prima2: fix incorrect panic usage

Haojian Zhuang haojian.zhuang at linaro.org
Thu Jun 6 23:10:05 EDT 2013


In prima2, some functions of checking DT is registered in initcall
level. If it doesn't match the compatible name of sirf, kernel
will panic. It blocks the usage of multiplatform on other verndor.

The error message is in below.
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block(0,255)
CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
3.10.0-rc3-00006-gd7f26ea-dirty #87
[<c0013adc>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xf8) from [<c0011430>]
(show_stack+0x10/0x1)
[<c0011430>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) from [<c026f724>] (panic+0x90/0x1e8)
[<c026f724>] (panic+0x90/0x1e8) from [<c0320e44>]
(mount_block_root+0x250/0x298)
[<c0320e44>] (mount_block_root+0x250/0x298) from [<c0321010>]
(prepare_namespac)
[<c0321010>] (prepare_namespace+0x120/0x174) from [<c0320aa0>]
(kernel_init_fre)
[<c0320aa0>] (kernel_init_freeable+0x17c/0x1c4) from [<c026b9e8>]
(kernel_init+)
[<c026b9e8>] (kernel_init+0x8/0xe4) from [<c000e158>]
(ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c)

Signed-off-by: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang at linaro.org>
---
 arch/arm/mach-prima2/pm.c   | 6 ++++--
 arch/arm/mach-prima2/rstc.c | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-prima2/pm.c b/arch/arm/mach-prima2/pm.c
index 9936c18..8f595c0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-prima2/pm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-prima2/pm.c
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ static int __init sirfsoc_of_pwrc_init(void)
 	struct device_node *np;
 
 	np = of_find_matching_node(NULL, pwrc_ids);
-	if (!np)
-		panic("unable to find compatible pwrc node in dtb\n");
+	if (!np) {
+		pr_err("unable to find compatible sirf pwrc node in dtb\n");
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * pwrc behind rtciobrg is not located in memory space
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-prima2/rstc.c b/arch/arm/mach-prima2/rstc.c
index 435019c..d5e0cbc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-prima2/rstc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-prima2/rstc.c
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ static int __init sirfsoc_of_rstc_init(void)
 	struct device_node *np;
 
 	np = of_find_matching_node(NULL, rstc_ids);
-	if (!np)
-		panic("unable to find compatible rstc node in dtb\n");
+	if (!np) {
+		pr_err("unable to find compatible sirf rstc node in dtb\n");
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
 
 	sirfsoc_rstc_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
 	if (!sirfsoc_rstc_base)
-- 
1.8.1.2




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