[PATCH v2] ARM: Add sanity check for dev->periphid in amba_probe()

Russell King (Oracle) linux at armlinux.org.uk
Tue Aug 30 02:47:31 PDT 2022


On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:20:00AM -0700, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 11:59 PM Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen at huawei.com> wrote:
> >
> > Commit f2d3b9a46e0e ("ARM: 9220/1: amba: Remove deferred device addition")
> > forcibly invokes device_add() even if dev->periphid is not ready. Although
> > it will be remedied in amba_match(): dev->periphid will be initialized
> > if everything is in place; Otherwise, return -EPROBE_DEFER to block
> > __driver_attach() from further execution. But not all drivers have .match
> > hook, such as pl031, the dev->bus->probe will be called directly in
> > __driver_attach(). Unfortunately, if dev->periphid is still not
> > initialized, the following exception will be triggered.
> >
> > 8<--- cut here ---
> > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008
> > [00000008] *pgd=00000000
> > Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] SMP ARM
> > Modules linked in:
> > CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc2+ #7
> > Hardware name: ARM-Versatile Express
> > PC is at pl031_probe+0x8/0x208
> > LR is at amba_probe+0xf0/0x160
> > pc : 80698df8  lr : 8050eb54  psr: 80000013
> > sp : c0825df8  ip : 00000000  fp : 811fda38
> > r10: 00000000  r9 : 80d72470  r8 : fffffdfb
> > r7 : 811fd800  r6 : be7eb330  r5 : 00000000  r4 : 811fd900
> > r3 : 80698df0  r2 : 37000000  r1 : 00000000  r0 : 811fd800
> > Flags: Nzcv  IRQs on  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment none
> > Control: 10c5387d  Table: 6000406a  DAC: 00000051
> > ... ...
> >  pl031_probe from amba_probe+0xf0/0x160
> >  amba_probe from really_probe+0x118/0x290
> >  really_probe from __driver_probe_device+0x84/0xe4
> >  __driver_probe_device from driver_probe_device+0x30/0xd0
> >  driver_probe_device from __driver_attach+0x8c/0xfc
> >  __driver_attach from bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xb0
> >  bus_for_each_dev from bus_add_driver+0x168/0x1f4
> >  bus_add_driver from driver_register+0x7c/0x118
> >  driver_register from do_one_initcall+0x44/0x1ec
> >  do_one_initcall from kernel_init_freeable+0x238/0x288
> >  kernel_init_freeable from kernel_init+0x18/0x12c
> >  kernel_init from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x2c
> > ... ...
> > ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> >
> > Therefore, take the same action as in amba_match(): return -EPROBE_DEFER
> > if dev->periphid is not ready in amba_probe().
> >
> > Fixes: f2d3b9a46e0e ("ARM: 9220/1: amba: Remove deferred device addition")
> > Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen at huawei.com>
> > ---
> > KernelVersion: v6.0-rc3
> >  drivers/amba/bus.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > v1 --> v2:
> > 1. Update this patch based on:
> >    https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220818172852.3548-1-isaacmanjarres@google.com/
> > 2. Move the operations of sanity checking and reading dev->periphid,
> >    updating uevent into new function amba_prepare_periphid().
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/amba/bus.c b/drivers/amba/bus.c
> > index 110a535648d2e1f..8e4c7e190880206 100644
> > --- a/drivers/amba/bus.c
> > +++ b/drivers/amba/bus.c
> > @@ -204,10 +204,9 @@ static int amba_read_periphid(struct amba_device *dev)
> >         return ret;
> >  }
> >
> > -static int amba_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
> > +static int amba_prepare_periphid(struct device *dev)
> >  {
> >         struct amba_device *pcdev = to_amba_device(dev);
> > -       struct amba_driver *pcdrv = to_amba_driver(drv);
> >
> >         mutex_lock(&pcdev->periphid_lock);
> >         if (!pcdev->periphid) {
> > @@ -228,6 +227,19 @@ static int amba_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
> >         }
> >         mutex_unlock(&pcdev->periphid_lock);
> >
> > +       return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int amba_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
> > +{
> > +       struct amba_device *pcdev = to_amba_device(dev);
> > +       struct amba_driver *pcdrv = to_amba_driver(drv);
> > +       int ret;
> > +
> > +       ret = amba_prepare_periphid(dev);
> > +       if (ret)
> > +               return ret;
> > +
> >         /* When driver_override is set, only bind to the matching driver */
> >         if (pcdev->driver_override)
> >                 return !strcmp(pcdev->driver_override, drv->name);
> > @@ -278,9 +290,15 @@ static int amba_probe(struct device *dev)
> >  {
> >         struct amba_device *pcdev = to_amba_device(dev);
> >         struct amba_driver *pcdrv = to_amba_driver(dev->driver);
> > -       const struct amba_id *id = amba_lookup(pcdrv->id_table, pcdev);
> > +       const struct amba_id *id;
> >         int ret;
> >
> > +       ret = amba_prepare_periphid(dev);
> > +       if (ret)
> > +               return ret;
> > +
> > +       id = amba_lookup(pcdrv->id_table, pcdev);
> > +
> >         do {
> >                 ret = of_amba_device_decode_irq(pcdev);
> >                 if (ret)
> 
> Let's wait for Isaac to review this. He has been looking at the
> locking issue for a bit and there were some tricky cases.

How can we get to amba_probe() if amba_match() has not returned a
positive match for an ID? Surely if that happens, the driver model
is failed - since a probe function should not be called unless the
driver matches the device.

This patch, and 9229/1 both feel like they're working around some
brokenness elsewhere in the kernel.

The description in 9229/1, specifically "But not all drivers have .match
hook, such as pl031, the dev->bus->probe will be called directly in
__driver_attach()." AMBA drivers do not have a .match hook - the bus
does, which all AMBA drivers must be a member of. If amba_match fails,
there is no way that amba_probe() should ever be called.

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