linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.22-rc6-mm1 Intel DMAR crash on AMD x86

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Message-ID: <20070629152858.GA27995@linux-os.sc.intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:28:58 -0700
From:	"Keshavamurthy, Anil S" <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>
To:	"Li, Shaohua" <shaohua.li@...el.com>
Cc:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>, Zan Lynx <zlynx@....org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
	"Keshavamurthy, Anil S" <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc6-mm1 Intel DMAR crash on AMD x86_64

On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 06:14:27PM -0700, Li, Shaohua wrote:
> 
> 
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.22-
> >rc6/2.6.22-rc6-mm1/
> >>
> >>> +intel-iommu-dmar-detection-and-parsing-logic.patch
[..]
> >
> >I took a picture of it, looks like the backtrace is:
> >
> >NULL pointer dereference at 024
> >EIP:dmar_table_init+0x11
> >intel_iommu_init+0x30
> >pci_iommu_init+0xe
> >kernel_init+0x16e
> >
> >Presumably something is NULL in dmar_table_init that wasn't expected to
> >be.. I would guess it likely crashes on any system without an Intel
> >IOMMU in it.
Yup, that is correct.

> How about something like below?
> 
> 
> int __init dmar_table_init(void)
> {
> +	if (!dmar_tbl)
> +		return -ENODEV;
> 	parse_dmar_table();
why not check for NULL in the function where it touched?
Also when there are no DMAR devices we need the below
printk on the console.

> 	if (list_empty(&dmar_drhd_units)) {
> 		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "No DMAR devices found\n");
> 		return -ENODEV;
> 	}
> 	return 0;
> }

Here is the revised patch of the above.
Andrew, please add this fix to
+intel-iommu-dmar-detection-and-parsing-logic.patch
------------------------------------------------

Check for dmar_tbl pointer as this can be NULL on 
systems with no Intel VT-d support.

Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>

---
 drivers/pci/dmar.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/drivers/pci/dmar.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2.orig/drivers/pci/dmar.c	2007-06-29 07:43:43.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/drivers/pci/dmar.c	2007-06-29 07:46:25.000000000 -0700
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	dmar = (struct acpi_table_dmar *)dmar_tbl;
+	if (!dmar)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (!dmar->width) {
 		printk (KERN_WARNING PREFIX "Zero: Invalid DMAR haw\n");
@@ -301,7 +303,7 @@
 
 	parse_dmar_table();
 	if (list_empty(&dmar_drhd_units)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "No DMAR devices found\n");
+		printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "No DMAR devices found\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	return 0;
-
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