linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: staging/intel-ipu3: Finalize subdev initialization to allcoate active state

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Message-ID: <YxiYD6PVYG19EJ5q@pendragon.ideasonboard.com>
Date:   Wed, 7 Sep 2022 16:09:35 +0300
From:   Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
To:     Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...asonboard.com>
Cc:     Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Bingbu Cao <bingbu.cao@...el.com>,
        Tianshu Qiu <tian.shu.qiu@...el.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@...ndi.org>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: staging/intel-ipu3: Finalize subdev
 initialization to allcoate active state

On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 03:46:26PM +0300, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> Hi Maximilian,
> 
> On 07/09/2022 15:33, Maximilian Luz wrote:
> > Commit f69952a4dc1e ("media: subdev: add active state to struct
> > v4l2_subdev") introduced the active_state member to struct v4l2_subdev.
> > This state needs to be allocated via v4l2_subdev_init_finalize(). The
> > intel-ipu3 driver unfortunately does not do that, due to which,
> 
> That is fine, a driver only needs to allocate the active state if it uses
> the active state.
> 
> > active_state is NULL and we run into an oops (NULL pointer dereference)
> > when that state is accessed.
> > 
> > In particular, this happens subdev in IOCTLs as commit 3cc7a4bbc381
> > ("media: subdev: pass also the active state to subdevs from ioctls")
> > passes that state on to the subdev IOCTLs. An example scenario where
> > this happens is running libcamera's qcam or cam on a device with IPU3,
> > for example the Microsoft Surface Book 2. In this case, the oops is
> > reproducibly in v4l2_subdev_get_try_crop(), called via
> > imgu_subdev_set_selection().
> > 
> > To fix this, allocate the active_state member via
> > v4l2_subdev_init_finalize().
> 
> This is not a correct fix. Sakari has sent (and maybe pushed?) this:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220825190351.3241444-1-sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com/

This being said, it would be nice to convert drivers to use the active
state, but that's not related to fixing this issue.

> > Link: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/issues/907
> > Fixes: 3cc7a4bbc381 ("media: subdev: pass also the active state to subdevs from ioctls")
> > Signed-off-by: Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/staging/media/ipu3/ipu3-v4l2.c | 12 +++++++++++-
> >   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/ipu3-v4l2.c b/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/ipu3-v4l2.c
> > index d1c539cefba8..84ab98ba9a2e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/ipu3-v4l2.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/media/ipu3/ipu3-v4l2.c
> > @@ -1093,10 +1093,18 @@ static int imgu_v4l2_subdev_register(struct imgu_device *imgu,
> >   			"failed to create subdev v4l2 ctrl with err %d", r);
> >   		goto fail_subdev;
> >   	}
> > +
> > +	r = v4l2_subdev_init_finalize(&imgu_sd->subdev);
> > +	if (r) {
> > +		dev_err(&imgu->pci_dev->dev,
> > +			"failed to initialize subdev (%d)\n", r);
> > +		goto fail_subdev;
> > +	}
> > +
> >   	r = v4l2_device_register_subdev(&imgu->v4l2_dev, &imgu_sd->subdev);
> >   	if (r) {
> >   		dev_err(&imgu->pci_dev->dev,
> > -			"failed initialize subdev (%d)\n", r);
> > +			"failed to register subdev (%d)\n", r);
> >   		goto fail_subdev;
> >   	}
> >   
> > @@ -1104,6 +1112,7 @@ static int imgu_v4l2_subdev_register(struct imgu_device *imgu,
> >   	return 0;
> >   
> >   fail_subdev:
> > +	v4l2_subdev_cleanup(&imgu_sd->subdev);
> >   	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(imgu_sd->subdev.ctrl_handler);
> >   	media_entity_cleanup(&imgu_sd->subdev.entity);
> >   
> > @@ -1275,6 +1284,7 @@ static void imgu_v4l2_subdev_cleanup(struct imgu_device *imgu, unsigned int i)
> >   	struct imgu_media_pipe *imgu_pipe = &imgu->imgu_pipe[i];
> >   
> >   	v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(&imgu_pipe->imgu_sd.subdev);
> > +	v4l2_subdev_cleanup(&imgu_pipe->imgu_sd.subdev);
> >   	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(imgu_pipe->imgu_sd.subdev.ctrl_handler);
> >   	media_entity_cleanup(&imgu_pipe->imgu_sd.subdev.entity);
> >   }
> 

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart