[PATCH v2] phy: qcom-qusb2: Fix NULL pointer dereference on early suspend
Loic Poulain
loic.poulain at oss.qualcomm.com
Thu Dec 11 05:48:36 PST 2025
Enabling runtime PM before attaching the QPHY instance as driver data
can lead to a NULL pointer dereference in runtime PM callbacks that
expect valid driver data. There is a small window where the suspend
callback may run after PM runtime enabling and before runtime forbid.
This causes a sporadic crash during boot:
```
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a1
[...]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.16.7+ #116 PREEMPT
Workqueue: pm pm_runtime_work
pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : qusb2_phy_runtime_suspend+0x14/0x1e0 [phy_qcom_qusb2]
lr : pm_generic_runtime_suspend+0x2c/0x44
[...]
```
Enable PM runtime only after attaching the QPHY instance as driver data to
avoid a NULL pointer dereference in PM runtime callbacks.
Reorder pm_runtime_enable() and pm_runtime_forbid() to prevent a
short window where an unnecessary runtime suspend can occur.
Use the devres-managed version to ensure PM runtime is symmetrically
disabled during driver removal for proper cleanup.
Fixes: 891a96f65ac3 ("phy: qcom-qusb2: Add support for runtime PM")
Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain at oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov at oss.qualcomm.com>
---
v2: Move runtime-pm enabling after dev_set_drvdata
use devm_pm_runtime_enable() to fix unbalanced enabling on removal
reword commit message
drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qusb2.c | 19 ++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qusb2.c b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qusb2.c
index b5514a32ff8f..c496acbad0bb 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qusb2.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-qusb2.c
@@ -1093,19 +1093,10 @@ static int qusb2_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
or->hsdisc_trim.override = true;
}
- pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
- pm_runtime_enable(dev);
- /*
- * Prevent runtime pm from being ON by default. Users can enable
- * it using power/control in sysfs.
- */
- pm_runtime_forbid(dev);
-
generic_phy = devm_phy_create(dev, NULL, &qusb2_phy_gen_ops);
if (IS_ERR(generic_phy)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(generic_phy);
dev_err(dev, "failed to create phy, %d\n", ret);
- pm_runtime_disable(dev);
return ret;
}
qphy->phy = generic_phy;
@@ -1113,9 +1104,15 @@ static int qusb2_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
dev_set_drvdata(dev, qphy);
phy_set_drvdata(generic_phy, qphy);
+ /*
+ * Enable runtime PM support, but forbid it by default.
+ * Users can allow it again via the power/control attribute in sysfs.
+ */
+ pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
+ pm_runtime_forbid(dev);
+ devm_pm_runtime_enable(dev);
+
phy_provider = devm_of_phy_provider_register(dev, of_phy_simple_xlate);
- if (IS_ERR(phy_provider))
- pm_runtime_disable(dev);
return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(phy_provider);
}
--
2.34.1
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