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Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 13:21:52 -0700 From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> To: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> Cc: netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: Don't call phy_resume if phy_init_hw failed 2014-05-14 13:12 GMT-07:00 Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>: > After the call to phy_init_hw failed in phy_attach_direct, phy_detach is called > to detach the phy device from its network device. If the attached driver is a > generic phy driver, this also detaches the driver. Subsequently phy_resume > is called, which assumes without checking that a driver is attached to the > device. This will result in a crash such as > > Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0xffffffffffffff90 > Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000003a0e18 > Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] > ... > NIP [c0000000003a0e18] .phy_attach_direct+0x68/0x17c > LR [c0000000003a0e6c] .phy_attach_direct+0xbc/0x17c > Call Trace: > [c0000003fc0475d0] [c0000000003a0e6c] .phy_attach_direct+0xbc/0x17c (unreliable) > [c0000003fc047670] [c0000000003a0ff8] .phy_connect_direct+0x28/0x98 > [c0000003fc047700] [c0000000003f0074] .of_phy_connect+0x4c/0xa4 > > Only call phy_resume if phy_init_hw was successful. > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> Thanks! > --- > Another option might be to check in phy_detach if a driver is attached > to the device. > > drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c > index 0ce6066..4987a1c 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c > +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c > @@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev, > err = phy_init_hw(phydev); > if (err) > phy_detach(phydev); > - > - phy_resume(phydev); > + else > + phy_resume(phydev); > > return err; > } > -- > 1.9.1 > -- Florian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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