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

Russell King (Oracle) linux at armlinux.org.uk
Tue Aug 30 02:50:47 PDT 2022


Please don't send the patch system patches that have not had any chance
of review. The patch system is supposed to be for patches that are to
be applied.

Sending patches that are yet to be reviewed makes extra work for me.

Thanks.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 02:54:13PM +0800, Zhen Lei 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)
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
> 

-- 
RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/
FTTP is here! 40Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!



More information about the linux-arm-kernel mailing list