linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/13] dmaengine: edma: check for echan->edesc => NULL in edma_dma

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Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2014 20:06:45 +0200
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, tony@...mide.com,
	balbi@...com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	vinod.koul@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] dmaengine: edma: check for echan->edesc => NULL in edma_dma_pause()

I added book keeping of whether or not the 8250-dma driver has an RX
transfer pending or not so we don't BUG here if it calls
dmaengine_pause() on a channel which has not a pending transfer. Guess
what, this is not enough.
The following can be triggered with a busy RX channel and hackbench in
background:
- DMA transfer completes. The callback is delayed via
  vchan_cookie_complete() into a tasklet so it das not happen asap.
- hackbench keeps the system busy so the tasklet does not run "soon".
- the UART collected enough data and generates an "timeout"-interrupt.
  Since 8250-dma *thinks* the DMA-transfer is still pending it tries to
  cancel it via invoking dmaengine_pause() first. This causes the segfault
  because echan->edesc is NULL now that the transfer completed (however
  the callback did not run yet).

With this patch we don't BUG in the scenario described.

Cc: vinod.koul@...el.com
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
---
 drivers/dma/edma.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/edma.c b/drivers/dma/edma.c
index 7b65633f495e..123f578d6dd3 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/edma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/edma.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int edma_slave_config(struct edma_chan *echan,
 static int edma_dma_pause(struct edma_chan *echan)
 {
 	/* Pause/Resume only allowed with cyclic mode */
-	if (!echan->edesc->cyclic)
+	if (!echan->edesc || !echan->edesc->cyclic)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	edma_pause(echan->ch_num);
-- 
2.1.0

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