linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: pxa3xx_nand: fix driver when num

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Message-ID: <20150228092308.GB12966@brian-ubuntu>
Date:	Sat, 28 Feb 2015 01:23:08 -0800
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
Cc:	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: pxa3xx_nand: fix driver when num_cs is 0

On Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 09:02:09PM +0100, Robert Jarzmik wrote:
> As the devicetree binding doesn't require num_cs to exist or be strictly
> positive, and neither does the platform data case, a bug appear when
> num_cs is set to 0 and panics the kernel.
> 
> The issue is that in alloc_nand_resource(), chip is dereferenced without
> having a value assigned when num_cs == 0.
> 
> Fix this by returning ENODEV is num_cs == 0.
> 
> The panic seen is :
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000002b8
> pgd = c0004000
> [000002b8] *pgd=00000000
> Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT ARM
> Modules linked in:
> Hardware name: Marvell PXA3xx (Device Tree Support)
> task: c3822aa0 ti: c3826000 task.ti: c3826000
> PC is at alloc_nand_resource+0x180/0x4a8
> LR is at alloc_nand_resource+0xa0/0x4a8
> pc : [<c0275b90>]    lr : [<c0275ab0>]    psr: 68000013
> sp : c3827d90  ip : 00000000  fp : 00000000
> r10: c3862200  r9 : 0000005e  r8 : 00000000
> r7 : c3865610  r6 : c3862210  r5 : c3924210  r4 : c3862200
> r3 : 00000000  r2 : 00000000  r1 : 00000000  r0 : 00000000
> Flags: nZCv  IRQs on  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment kernel
> Control: 0000397f  Table: 80004018  DAC: 00000035
> Process swapper (pid: 1, stack limit = 0xc3826198)
> Stack: (0xc3827d90 to 0xc3828000)
> ...zip...
> [<c0275b90>] (alloc_nand_resource) from [<c0275ff8>] (pxa3xx_nand_probe+0x140/0x978)
> [<c0275ff8>] (pxa3xx_nand_probe) from [<c0258c40>] (platform_drv_probe+0x48/0xa4)
> [<c0258c40>] (platform_drv_probe) from [<c0257650>] (driver_probe_device+0x80/0x21c)
> [<c0257650>] (driver_probe_device) from [<c0257878>] (__driver_attach+0x8c/0x90)
> [<c0257878>] (__driver_attach) from [<c0255ec4>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x58/0x88)
> [<c0255ec4>] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<c0256ec8>] (bus_add_driver+0xd8/0x1d4)
> [<c0256ec8>] (bus_add_driver) from [<c0257f14>] (driver_register+0x78/0xf4)
> [<c0257f14>] (driver_register) from [<c00088a8>] (do_one_initcall+0x80/0x1e4)
> [<c00088a8>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c048ed08>] (kernel_init_freeable+0xec/0x1b4)
> [<c048ed08>] (kernel_init_freeable) from [<c0377d8c>] (kernel_init+0x8/0xe4)
> [<c0377d8c>] (kernel_init) from [<c00095f8>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c)
> Code: e503b234 e5953008 e1530001 caffffd1 (e59002b8)
> ---[ end trace a5770060c8441895 ]---
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>

Pushed to linux-mtd.git. Thanks.

Brian
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