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Message-ID: <op.wyoht9hm9ey1ta@localhost>
Date:	Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:07:11 +0300
From:	nirinA raseliarison <nirina.raseliarison@...il.com>
To:	"nirinA raseliarison" <nirina.raseliarison@...il.com>,
	"Guenter Roeck" <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Francois Romieu" <romieu@...zoreil.com>, nic_swsd@...ltek.com,
	"Ming Lei" <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
	"Hayes Wang" <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Subject: Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
 0000000000000040

on Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:45:48 +0300, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>  
wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 08:30:29AM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> [+cc Ming, Hayes, Francois, r8169 list]
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 6:49 AM, nirinA raseliarison
>> <nirina.raseliarison@...il.com> wrote:
>> > hello there,
>> > i have this ethernet controler:
>> >
>> >  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast  
>> Ethernet
>> > controller (rev 05)
>> >
>> > that uses the r8169 module.
>> > it works fine, but sometimes after a reboot and issueing:
>> >
>> >  ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 up
>> >
>> > i got the message below. after another reboot the
>> > message disappears. i also get the same message this 3.9.5 and 3.9.4.
>> >
>> > it seems i catch my first oops and don't know what to do with it.
>> > currently running:
>> >
>> >  cat /proc/version
>> >  Linux version 3.9.6.20130614 (root@...ernova) (gcc version 4.8.1  
>> (GCC) ) #1
>> > SMP Fri Jun 14 09:14:50 EAT 2013
>> >
>> >  uname -a
>> >  Linux supernova 3.9.6.20130614 #1 SMP Fri Jun 14 09:14:50 EAT 2013  
>> x86_64
>> > Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G1610 @ 2.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> >  
>> -----------------8<------------------------------8<---------------------------------------
>> >
>> > [   57.877560] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference  
>> at
>> > 0000000000000040
>> > [   57.877603] IP: [<ffffffff81491844>] fw_load_abort.isra.5+0x4/0x20
>> > [   57.877634] PGD 21330a067 PUD 211a3a067 PMD 0
>> > [   57.877660] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
>> > [   57.877681] Modules linked in: fuse coretemp kvm_intel kvm evdev  
>> r8169
>> > microcode mii
>> > [   57.877735] CPU 0
>> > [   57.877746] Pid: 1950, comm: firmware Not tainted 3.9.6.20130614  
>> #1 To be
>> > filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M./ONDA H61V Ver:4.01
>> > [   57.877790] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81491844>]  [<ffffffff81491844>]
>> > fw_load_abort.isra.5+0x4/0x20
>> > [   57.877824] RSP: 0018:ffff8802119a7e80  EFLAGS: 00010246
>> > [   57.877844] RAX: ffff8802158fe250 RBX: ffff880211a03b40 RCX:
>> > 0000000000000000
>> > [   57.877869] RDX: ffffffff81c742c8 RSI: ffff8802158fe250 RDI:
>> > 0000000000000000
>> > [   57.877895] RBP: ffff8802119a7e80 R08: ffff8802119a6000 R09:
>> > 00000000000005aa
>> > [   57.877920] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12:
>> > ffffffffffffffff
>> > [   57.877945] R13: ffff880213d34088 R14: 0000000000000003 R15:
>> > ffff88020eafc230
>> > [   57.877970] FS:  00007f3c6cb2a740(0000) GS:ffff88021f200000(0000)
>> > knlGS:0000000000000000
>> > [   57.877998] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
>> > [   57.878019] CR2: 0000000000000040 CR3: 0000000203155000 CR4:
>> > 00000000001407f0
>> > [   57.878044] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2:
>> > 0000000000000000
>> > [   57.878069] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7:
>> > 0000000000000400
>> > [   57.878094] Process firmware (pid: 1950, threadinfo  
>> ffff8802119a6000,
>> > task ffff8802158fe250)
>> > [   57.878124] Stack:
>> > [   57.878133]  ffff8802119a7eb0 ffffffff81491917 ffff880211a4d5a0
>> > 0000000000000003
>> > [   57.878168]  ffff8802119a7f50 ffffffff818765a0 ffff8802119a7ec0
>> > ffffffff81483063
>> > [   57.878203]  ffff8802119a7f08 ffffffff8119bc9e ffff880213d34098
>> > ffff880211a4d5c0
>> > [   57.878237] Call Trace:
>> > [   57.878251]  [<ffffffff81491917>] firmware_loading_store+0x77/0x150
>> > [   57.878275]  [<ffffffff81483063>] dev_attr_store+0x13/0x20
>> > [   57.878297]  [<ffffffff8119bc9e>] sysfs_write_file+0xce/0x140
>> > [   57.878320]  [<ffffffff81133e8a>] vfs_write+0x9a/0x160
>> > [   57.878340]  [<ffffffff81134164>] sys_write+0x44/0x90
>> > [   57.878360]  [<ffffffff817d70ed>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f
>> > [   57.879379] Code: 6b ff ff ff 48 89 df 31 db e8 b9 b0 c9 ff e9 79  
>> ff ff
>> > ff 0f 1f 40 00 48 83 c4 10 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 5d c3 0f 1f 00 55 48  
>> 89 e5
>> > <f0> 80 4f 40 04 48 83 c7 18 e8 8e a9 bd ff 5d c3 66 66 66 2e 0f
>> > [   57.881753] RIP  [<ffffffff81491844>] fw_load_abort.isra.5+0x4/0x20
>> > [   57.882888]  RSP <ffff8802119a7e80>
>> > [   57.884019] CR2: 0000000000000040
>> > [   57.885166] ---[ end trace 6705f6d4ce6b6a12 ]---
>> >
>
> Please try the following patch.

patch applied and no longer have the bug message when i
reboot and wake up the ethernet controller.

thanks,

> [ Bjorn, sorry I dropped you from the recipient list, but unfortunately
> Google still considers me to be a spammer and doesn't let me send any
> e-mail to you ]
>
> Guenter
>
> ----------
>
> From 9feae0b1b33721573c41fbf2323db2a12c34c725 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:39:06 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] firmware: Fix race condition in firmware_loading_store
>
> Fix:
>
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040
> IP: [<ffffffff81491844>] fw_load_abort.isra.5+0x4/0x20
> ...
> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffff81491917>] firmware_loading_store+0x77/0x150
> [<ffffffff81483063>] dev_attr_store+0x13/0x20
> [<ffffffff8119bc9e>] sysfs_write_file+0xce/0x140
> [<ffffffff81133e8a>] vfs_write+0x9a/0x160
> [<ffffffff81134164>] sys_write+0x44/0x90
> [<ffffffff817d70ed>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f
>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> ---
>  drivers/base/firmware_class.c |    3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c  
> b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> index 4b1f926..f34b489 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> @@ -570,12 +570,13 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct  
> device *dev,
>  				      const char *buf, size_t count)
>  {
>  	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
> -	struct firmware_buf *fw_buf = fw_priv->buf;
>  	int loading = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
> +	struct firmware_buf *fw_buf;
>  	int i;
> 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
> +	fw_buf = fw_priv->buf;
>  	if (!fw_buf)
>  		goto out;
>


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nirinA
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