Re: [079/136] [CPUFREQ] Fix NULL ptr regression in powernow-k8

From: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski
Date: Sat Oct 03 2009 - 11:21:32 EST


Em Qui 01 Out 2009, às 22:17:07, Greg KH escreveu:
> 2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
>
> ------------------
> From: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> commit f0adb134d8dc9993a9998dc50845ec4f6ff4fadc upstream.
>
> Fixes bugzilla #13780
>
> From: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c | 15 ++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
> @@ -605,9 +605,10 @@ static int check_pst_table(struct powern
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static void invalidate_entry(struct powernow_k8_data *data, unsigned int entry)
> +static void invalidate_entry(struct cpufreq_frequency_table *powernow_table,
> + unsigned int entry)
> {
> - data->powernow_table[entry].frequency = CPUFREQ_ENTRY_INVALID;
> + powernow_table[entry].frequency = CPUFREQ_ENTRY_INVALID;
> }
>
> static void print_basics(struct powernow_k8_data *data)
> @@ -914,13 +915,13 @@ static int fill_powernow_table_pstate(st
> "bad value %d.\n", i, index);
> printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Please report to BIOS "
> "manufacturer\n");
> - invalidate_entry(data, i);
> + invalidate_entry(powernow_table, i);
> continue;
> }
> rdmsr(MSR_PSTATE_DEF_BASE + index, lo, hi);
> if (!(hi & HW_PSTATE_VALID_MASK)) {
> dprintk("invalid pstate %d, ignoring\n", index);
> - invalidate_entry(data, i);
> + invalidate_entry(powernow_table, i);
> continue;
> }
>
> @@ -970,7 +971,7 @@ static int fill_powernow_table_fidvid(st
> /* verify frequency is OK */
> if ((freq > (MAX_FREQ * 1000)) || (freq < (MIN_FREQ * 1000))) {
> dprintk("invalid freq %u kHz, ignoring\n", freq);
> - invalidate_entry(data, i);
> + invalidate_entry(powernow_table, i);
> continue;
> }
>
> @@ -978,7 +979,7 @@ static int fill_powernow_table_fidvid(st
> * BIOSs are using "off" to indicate invalid */
> if (vid == VID_OFF) {
> dprintk("invalid vid %u, ignoring\n", vid);
> - invalidate_entry(data, i);
> + invalidate_entry(powernow_table, i);
> continue;
> }
>
> @@ -1009,7 +1010,7 @@ static int fill_powernow_table_fidvid(st
> (unsigned int)
> (data->acpi_data.states[i].core_frequency
> * 1000));
> - invalidate_entry(data, i);
> + invalidate_entry(powernow_table, i);
> continue;
> }
> }
>

With this applied I get following warning:
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c:1001: warning: passing argument 1 of 'invalidate_entry' from incompatible pointer type

There is a missing data->powernow_table change, following diff on top fixes it:

diff -p -up linux-2.6.31/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c.orig linux-2.6.31/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
--- linux-2.6.31/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c.orig 2009-10-03 12:06:38.000000000 -0300
+++ linux-2.6.31/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c 2009-10-03 12:08:34.000000000 -0300
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ static int fill_powernow_table_fidvid(st

dprintk("double low frequency table entry, "
"ignoring it.\n");
- invalidate_entry(data, i);
+ invalidate_entry(powernow_table, i);
continue;
} else
cntlofreq = i;


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Herton
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