linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] char: misc: Init misc->list in a safe way

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Date:   Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:21:12 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Zhongping Tan (谭中平) 
        <Zhongping.Tan@...eadtrum.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] char: misc: Init misc->list in a safe way

On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 12:34:28PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 09:54:32AM +0800, Orson Zhai wrote:
> >> We found the device is "fm". We highly suspect that fm driver call
> >> misc_register twice and reinitialize list to make ->pre & ->next
> >> pointing to himself.
> >>
> >> Meanwhile, we checked fm driver and found nothing obviously wrong in the code.
> >
> > Do you have a pointer to this driver?  Is it in the kernel tree?
> 
> I found a version of some spreadtrum FM driver in the sources for the
> Samsung Galaxy
> J3, this is the driver https://pastebin.com/p7Y7xQNE

Ah nice, Orson, is that the driver?

Any objection for me adding it to the kernel tree so we can fix up the
issues that Arnd points out in it (not to mention the coding style
issues...)

thanks,

greg k-h