linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: coreboot: Register bus in module init

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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2022 18:20:08 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
        chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>,
        Julius Werner <jwerner@...omium.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: coreboot: Register bus in module init

On 10/19/22 18:10, Brian Norris wrote:
> The coreboot_table driver registers a coreboot bus while probing a
> "coreboot_table" device representing the coreboot table memory region.
> Probing this device (i.e., registering the bus) is a dependency for the
> module_init() functions of any driver for this bus (e.g.,
> memconsole-coreboot.c / memconsole_driver_init()).
> 
> With synchronous probe, this dependency works OK, as the link order in
> the Makefile ensures coreboot_table_driver_init() (and thus,
> coreboot_table_probe()) completes before a coreboot device driver tries
> to add itself to the bus.
> 
> With asynchronous probe, however, coreboot_table_probe() may race with
> memconsole_driver_init(), and so we're liable to hit one of these two:
> 
> 1. coreboot_driver_register() eventually hits "[...] the bus was not
>     initialized.", and the memconsole driver fails to register; or
> 2. coreboot_driver_register() gets past #1, but still races with
>     bus_register() and hits some other undefined/crashing behavior (e.g.,
>     in driver_find() [1])
> 
> We can resolve this by registering the bus in our initcall, and only
> deferring "device" work (scanning the coreboot memory region and
> creating sub-devices) to probe().
> 
> [1] Example failure, using 'driver_async_probe=*' kernel command line:
> 
> [    0.114217] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010
> ...
> [    0.114307] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1 #63
> [    0.114316] Hardware name: Google Scarlet (DT)
> ...
> [    0.114488] Call trace:
> [    0.114494]  _raw_spin_lock+0x34/0x60
> [    0.114502]  kset_find_obj+0x28/0x84
> [    0.114511]  driver_find+0x30/0x50
> [    0.114520]  driver_register+0x64/0x10c
> [    0.114528]  coreboot_driver_register+0x30/0x3c
> [    0.114540]  memconsole_driver_init+0x24/0x30
> [    0.114550]  do_one_initcall+0x154/0x2e0
> [    0.114560]  do_initcall_level+0x134/0x160
> [    0.114571]  do_initcalls+0x60/0xa0
> [    0.114579]  do_basic_setup+0x28/0x34
> [    0.114588]  kernel_init_freeable+0xf8/0x150
> [    0.114596]  kernel_init+0x2c/0x12c
> [    0.114607]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
> [    0.114624] Code: 5280002b 1100054a b900092a f9800011 (885ffc01)
> [    0.114631] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> 
> Fixes: b81e3140e412 ("firmware: coreboot: Make bus registration symmetric")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

> ---
> Currently, get_maintainers.pl tells me Greg should pick this up. But I
> CC the chrome-platform list too, since it seems reasonable for Google
> folks (probably ChromeOS folks are most active here?) to maintain
> Google/Chrome drivers.
> 
> Let me know if y'all would like this official, and I'll push out a
> MAINTAINERS patch.
> 

I think that would be a good idea.

Guenter

>   drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.c b/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.c
> index c52bcaa9def6..9ca21feb9d45 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.c
> @@ -149,12 +149,8 @@ static int coreboot_table_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   	if (!ptr)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   
> -	ret = bus_register(&coreboot_bus_type);
> -	if (!ret) {
> -		ret = coreboot_table_populate(dev, ptr);
> -		if (ret)
> -			bus_unregister(&coreboot_bus_type);
> -	}
> +	ret = coreboot_table_populate(dev, ptr);
> +
>   	memunmap(ptr);
>   
>   	return ret;
> @@ -169,7 +165,6 @@ static int __cb_dev_unregister(struct device *dev, void *dummy)
>   static int coreboot_table_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   {
>   	bus_for_each_dev(&coreboot_bus_type, NULL, NULL, __cb_dev_unregister);
> -	bus_unregister(&coreboot_bus_type);
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> @@ -199,6 +194,32 @@ static struct platform_driver coreboot_table_driver = {
>   		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(coreboot_of_match),
>   	},
>   };
> -module_platform_driver(coreboot_table_driver);
> +
> +static int __init coreboot_table_driver_init(void)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = bus_register(&coreboot_bus_type);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	ret = platform_driver_register(&coreboot_table_driver);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		bus_unregister(&coreboot_bus_type);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void __exit coreboot_table_driver_exit(void)
> +{
> +	platform_driver_unregister(&coreboot_table_driver);
> +	bus_unregister(&coreboot_bus_type);
> +}
> +
> +module_init(coreboot_table_driver_init);
> +module_exit(coreboot_table_driver_exit);
> +
>   MODULE_AUTHOR("Google, Inc.");
>   MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");