linux-kernel - [PATCH] efivars: prevent oops on unload when efi is not enabled

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Message-Id: <20110506125702.2585228b.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 May 2011 12:57:02 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>,
	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
Cc:	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, matthew.e.tolentino@...el.com,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH] efivars: prevent oops on unload when efi is not enabled

From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

unregister_efivars() should check for efi_enabled and not undo
allocations when efi is not enabled.  Otherwise there is an Oops
during module unload:

calling  efivars_init+0x0/0x1000 [efivars] @ 2810
EFI Variables Facility v0.08 2004-May-17
initcall efivars_init+0x0/0x1000 [efivars] returned 0 after 5120 usecs
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
last sysfs file: /sys/module/firmware_class/initstate
CPU 1 
Modules linked in: efivars(-) af_packet tun nfsd lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc ipt_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables ip6t_REJECT xt_tcpudp nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_state nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables ipv6 cpufreq_ondemand acpi_cpufreq freq_table mperf binfmt_misc dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_multipath scsi_dh dm_mod snd_hda_codec_analog snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep mousedev snd_seq joydev snd_seq_device mac_hid evdev snd_pcm usbkbd usbmouse usbhid snd_timer hid tg3 snd sr_mod pcspkr rtc_cmos soundcore cdrom iTCO_wdt processor sg dcdbas i2c_i801 rtc_core iTCO_vendor_support intel_agp snd_page_alloc thermal_sys rtc_lib intel_gtt 8250_pnp button hwmon unix ide_pci_generic ide_core ata_generic pata_acpi ata_piix sd_mod crc_t10dif ext3 jbd mbcache uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ssb mmc_core pcmcia pcmcia_core firmware_class ehci_hcd usbcore [last unloaded: dell_rbu]

Pid: 2812, comm: rmmod Not tainted 2.6.39-rc6 #1 Dell Inc.                 OptiPlex 745                 /0TY565
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa06a17f6>]  [<ffffffffa06a17f6>] unregister_efivars+0x28/0x12c [efivars]
RSP: 0018:ffff88005eedde98  EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX: ffffffffa06a23fc RBX: ffffffffa06a44c0 RCX: ffff88007c227a50
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000055ac13db78 RDI: ffffffffa06a44c0
RBP: ffff88005eeddec8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88005eeddd78
R10: ffffffffa06a4220 R11: ffff88005eeddd78 R12: fffffffffffff7d0
R13: 00007fff5a3aaec0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffffffa06a4508
FS:  00007fa8dcc4a6f0(0000) GS:ffff88007c200000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000005d148000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process rmmod (pid: 2812, threadinfo ffff88005eedc000, task ffff88006754b000)
Stack:
 ffff88005eeddec8 ffffffffa06a4220 0000000000000000 00007fff5a3aaec0
 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 ffff88005eedded8 ffffffffa06a2418
 ffff88005eeddf78 ffffffff810d3598 ffffffffa06a4220 0000000000000880
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffffa06a2418>] efivars_exit+0x1c/0xc04 [efivars]
 [<ffffffff810d3598>] sys_delete_module+0x2d6/0x368
 [<ffffffff812d1db9>] ? lockdep_sys_exit_thunk+0x35/0x67
 [<ffffffff810fcba1>] ? audit_syscall_entry+0x172/0x1a5
 [<ffffffff81575082>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Code: 5c c9 c3 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 48 83 ec 08 0f 1f 44 00 00 4c 8b 67 48 48 89 fb 4c 8d 7f 48 49 81 ec 30 08 00 00 <4d> 8b ac 24 30 08 00 00 49 81 ed 30 08 00 00 eb 59 48 89 df 48 
RIP  [<ffffffffa06a17f6>] unregister_efivars+0x28/0x12c [efivars]
 RSP <ffff88005eedde98>
CR2: 0000000000000000
---[ end trace aa99b99090f70baa ]---

Matt apparently removed such a check in 2004 (with no reason given):
 *  17 May 2004 - Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
 *   remove check for efi_enabled in exit
but there have been several changes since then.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
Cc: <matthew.e.tolentino@...el.com>
Cc: Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 drivers/firmware/efivars.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- lnx-2639-rc6.orig/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ lnx-2639-rc6/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -688,6 +688,9 @@ void unregister_efivars(struct efivars *
 {
 	struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;
 
+	if (!efi_enabled)
+		return;
+
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, &efivars->list, list) {
 		spin_lock(&efivars->lock);
 		list_del(&entry->list);
--
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