[PATCH v2 1/2] serial: imx: fix detach/attach of serial console

Wed Oct 20 12:39:21 PDT 2021

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 09:26:42PM +0200, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
> From: Stefan Agner <stefan at agner.ch>
> 
> If the device used as a serial console gets detached/attached at runtime,
> register_console() will try to call imx_uart_setup_console(), but this
> is not possible since it is marked as __init.
> 
> For instance
> 
>   # cat /sys/devices/virtual/tty/console/active
>   tty1 ttymxc0
>   # echo -n N > /sys/devices/virtual/tty/console/subsystem/ttymxc0/console
>   # echo -n Y > /sys/devices/virtual/tty/console/subsystem/ttymxc0/console
> 
> [   73.166649] 8<--- cut here ---
> [   73.167005] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c154d928
> [   73.167601] pgd = 55433e84
> [   73.167875] [c154d928] *pgd=8141941e(bad)
> [   73.168304] Internal error: Oops: 8000000d [#1] SMP ARM
> [   73.168429] Modules linked in:
> [   73.168522] CPU: 0 PID: 536 Comm: sh Not tainted 5.15.0-rc6-00056-g3968ddcf05fb #3
> [   73.168675] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX6 Ultralite (Device Tree)
> [   73.168791] PC is at imx_uart_console_setup+0x0/0x238
> [   73.168927] LR is at try_enable_new_console+0x98/0x124
> [   73.169056] pc : [<c154d928>]    lr : [<c0196f44>]    psr: a0000013
> [   73.169178] sp : c2ef5e70  ip : 00000000  fp : 00000000
> [   73.169281] r10: 00000000  r9 : c02cf970  r8 : 00000000
> [   73.169389] r7 : 00000001  r6 : 00000001  r5 : c1760164  r4 : c1e0fb08
> [   73.169512] r3 : c154d928  r2 : 00000000  r1 : efffcbd1  r0 : c1760164
> [   73.169641] Flags: NzCv  IRQs on  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment none
> [   73.169782] Control: 10c5387d  Table: 8345406a  DAC: 00000051
> [   73.169895] Register r0 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
> [   73.170032] Register r1 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
> [   73.170158] Register r2 information: NULL pointer
> [   73.170273] Register r3 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
> [   73.170397] Register r4 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
> [   73.170521] Register r5 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
> [   73.170647] Register r6 information: non-paged memory
> [   73.170771] Register r7 information: non-paged memory
> [   73.170892] Register r8 information: NULL pointer
> [   73.171009] Register r9 information: non-slab/vmalloc memory
> [   73.171142] Register r10 information: NULL pointer
> [   73.171259] Register r11 information: NULL pointer
> [   73.171375] Register r12 information: NULL pointer
> [   73.171494] Process sh (pid: 536, stack limit = 0xcd1ba82f)
> [   73.171621] Stack: (0xc2ef5e70 to 0xc2ef6000)
> [   73.171731] 5e60:                                     ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.171899] 5e80: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.172059] 5ea0: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.172217] 5ec0: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.172377] 5ee0: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.172537] 5f00: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.172698] 5f20: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.172856] 5f40: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.173016] 5f60: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.173177] 5f80: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.173336] 5fa0: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.173496] 5fc0: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.173654] 5fe0: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.173826] [<c0196f44>] (try_enable_new_console) from [<c01984a8>] (register_console+0x10c/0x2ec)
> [   73.174053] [<c01984a8>] (register_console) from [<c06e2c90>] (console_store+0x14c/0x168)
> [   73.174262] [<c06e2c90>] (console_store) from [<c0383718>] (kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x110/0x1cc)
> [   73.174470] [<c0383718>] (kernfs_fop_write_iter) from [<c02cf5f4>] (vfs_write+0x31c/0x548)
> [   73.174679] [<c02cf5f4>] (vfs_write) from [<c02cf970>] (ksys_write+0x60/0xec)
> [   73.174863] [<c02cf970>] (ksys_write) from [<c0100080>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c)
> [   73.175052] Exception stack(0xc2ef5fa8 to 0xc2ef5ff0)
> [   73.175167] 5fa0:                   ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.175327] 5fc0: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.175486] 5fe0: ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????
> [   73.175608] Code: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 (00000000)
> [   73.175744] ---[ end trace 9b75121265109bf1 ]---
> 
> A similar issue could be triggered unbinding/binding the serial console
> device [*].
> 
> Drop __init so that imx_uart_setup_console() can be safely called at
> runtime.
> 
> [*] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20181114174940.7865-3-stefan@agner.ch/
> 
> Fixes: a3cb39d258ef ("serial: core: Allow detach and attach serial device for console")
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan at agner.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini at toradex.com>
Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>

Thanks
Uwe

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Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König            |
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