netdev - [PATCH net] sfp: fix oops with ethtool -m

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Date:   Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:48:53 +0100
From:   Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] sfp: fix oops with ethtool -m

If a network interface is created prior to the SFP socket being
available, ethtool can request module information.  This unfortunately
leads to an oops:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008
pgd = (ptrval)
[00000008] *pgd=7c400831, *pte=00000000, *ppte=00000000
Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] SMP ARM
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 1480 Comm: ethtool Not tainted 4.19.0-rc3 #138
Hardware name: Broadcom Northstar Plus SoC
PC is at sfp_get_module_info+0x8/0x10
LR is at dev_ethtool+0x218c/0x2afc

Fix this by not filling in the network device's SFP bus pointer until
SFP is fully bound, thereby avoiding the core calling into the SFP bus
code.

Fixes: ce0aa27ff3f6 ("sfp: add sfp-bus to bridge between network devices and sfp cages")
Reported-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c
index 740655261e5b..83060fb349f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ static int sfp_register_bus(struct sfp_bus *bus)
 	}
 	if (bus->started)
 		bus->socket_ops->start(bus->sfp);
+	bus->netdev->sfp_bus = bus;
 	bus->registered = true;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -357,6 +358,7 @@ static void sfp_unregister_bus(struct sfp_bus *bus)
 {
 	const struct sfp_upstream_ops *ops = bus->upstream_ops;
 
+	bus->netdev->sfp_bus = NULL;
 	if (bus->registered) {
 		if (bus->started)
 			bus->socket_ops->stop(bus->sfp);
@@ -438,7 +440,6 @@ static void sfp_upstream_clear(struct sfp_bus *bus)
 {
 	bus->upstream_ops = NULL;
 	bus->upstream = NULL;
-	bus->netdev->sfp_bus = NULL;
 	bus->netdev = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -467,7 +468,6 @@ struct sfp_bus *sfp_register_upstream(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 		bus->upstream_ops = ops;
 		bus->upstream = upstream;
 		bus->netdev = ndev;
-		ndev->sfp_bus = bus;
 
 		if (bus->sfp) {
 			ret = sfp_register_bus(bus);
-- 
2.7.4