Re: [PATCH] mtd: pxa3xx_nand: fix driver when num_cs is 0

From: Brian Norris
Date: Sat Feb 28 2015 - 04:23:21 EST


On Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 09:02:09PM +0100, Robert Jarzmik wrote:
> As the devicetree binding doesn't require num_cs to exist or be strictly
> positive, and neither does the platform data case, a bug appear when
> num_cs is set to 0 and panics the kernel.
>
> The issue is that in alloc_nand_resource(), chip is dereferenced without
> having a value assigned when num_cs == 0.
>
> Fix this by returning ENODEV is num_cs == 0.
>
> The panic seen is :
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000002b8
> pgd = c0004000
> [000002b8] *pgd=00000000
> Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT ARM
> Modules linked in:
> Hardware name: Marvell PXA3xx (Device Tree Support)
> task: c3822aa0 ti: c3826000 task.ti: c3826000
> PC is at alloc_nand_resource+0x180/0x4a8
> LR is at alloc_nand_resource+0xa0/0x4a8
> pc : [<c0275b90>] lr : [<c0275ab0>] psr: 68000013
> sp : c3827d90 ip : 00000000 fp : 00000000
> r10: c3862200 r9 : 0000005e r8 : 00000000
> r7 : c3865610 r6 : c3862210 r5 : c3924210 r4 : c3862200
> r3 : 00000000 r2 : 00000000 r1 : 00000000 r0 : 00000000
> Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment kernel
> Control: 0000397f Table: 80004018 DAC: 00000035
> Process swapper (pid: 1, stack limit = 0xc3826198)
> Stack: (0xc3827d90 to 0xc3828000)
> ...zip...
> [<c0275b90>] (alloc_nand_resource) from [<c0275ff8>] (pxa3xx_nand_probe+0x140/0x978)
> [<c0275ff8>] (pxa3xx_nand_probe) from [<c0258c40>] (platform_drv_probe+0x48/0xa4)
> [<c0258c40>] (platform_drv_probe) from [<c0257650>] (driver_probe_device+0x80/0x21c)
> [<c0257650>] (driver_probe_device) from [<c0257878>] (__driver_attach+0x8c/0x90)
> [<c0257878>] (__driver_attach) from [<c0255ec4>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x58/0x88)
> [<c0255ec4>] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<c0256ec8>] (bus_add_driver+0xd8/0x1d4)
> [<c0256ec8>] (bus_add_driver) from [<c0257f14>] (driver_register+0x78/0xf4)
> [<c0257f14>] (driver_register) from [<c00088a8>] (do_one_initcall+0x80/0x1e4)
> [<c00088a8>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c048ed08>] (kernel_init_freeable+0xec/0x1b4)
> [<c048ed08>] (kernel_init_freeable) from [<c0377d8c>] (kernel_init+0x8/0xe4)
> [<c0377d8c>] (kernel_init) from [<c00095f8>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c)
> Code: e503b234 e5953008 e1530001 caffffd1 (e59002b8)
> ---[ end trace a5770060c8441895 ]---
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@xxxxxxx>

Pushed to linux-mtd.git. Thanks.

Brian
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