Re: [PATCH] of: Don't allow __of_attached_node_sysfs() without CONFIG_SYSFS

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Aug 23 2021 - 14:49:11 EST


On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:47:22 +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Trying to boot without SYSFS, but with OF_DYNAMIC quickly
> results in a crash:
>
> [ 0.088460] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000070
> [...]
> [ 0.103927] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.14.0-rc3 #4179
> [ 0.105810] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
> [ 0.107147] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
> [ 0.108876] pc : kernfs_find_and_get_ns+0x3c/0x7c
> [ 0.110244] lr : kernfs_find_and_get_ns+0x3c/0x7c
> [...]
> [ 0.134087] Call trace:
> [ 0.134800] kernfs_find_and_get_ns+0x3c/0x7c
> [ 0.136054] safe_name+0x4c/0xd0
> [ 0.136994] __of_attach_node_sysfs+0xf8/0x124
> [ 0.138287] of_core_init+0x90/0xfc
> [ 0.139296] driver_init+0x30/0x4c
> [ 0.140283] kernel_init_freeable+0x160/0x1b8
> [ 0.141543] kernel_init+0x30/0x140
> [ 0.142561] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
>
> While not having sysfs isn't a very common option these days,
> it is still expected that such configuration would work.
>
> Paper over it by bailing out from __of_attach_node_sysfs() if
> CONFIG_SYSFS isn't enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/of/kobj.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Applied, thanks!