linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen/grant-dma-iommu: Implement a dummy probe

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Date:   Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:19:57 +0100
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Oleksandr Tyshchenko <olekstysh@...il.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen/grant-dma-iommu: Implement a dummy probe_device()
 callback

On 08.02.23 16:36, Oleksandr Tyshchenko wrote:
> From: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>
> 
> Update stub IOMMU driver (which main purpose is to reuse generic
> IOMMU device-tree bindings by Xen grant DMA-mapping layer on Arm)
> according to the recent changes done in the following
> commit 57365a04c921 ("iommu: Move bus setup to IOMMU device registration").
> 
> With probe_device() callback being called during IOMMU device registration,
> the uninitialized callback just leads to the "kernel NULL pointer
> dereference" issue during boot. Fix that by adding a dummy callback.
> 
> Looks like the release_device() callback is not mandatory to be
> implemented as IOMMU framework makes sure that callback is initialized
> before dereferencing.
> 
> Reported-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>

Pushed-to: xen/tip.git for-linus-6.3


Juergen


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