Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: fix NULL pointer dereference in switch mode

[Ivan Khoronzhuk]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 02:04:04PM -0600, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> In switch mode on struct cpsw_slave->ndev field will be initialized with
> proper value only for the one cpsw slave port, as result
> cpsw_get_usage_count() will generate "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
> dereference" exception when first ethernet interface is opening
> cpsw_ndo_open(). This issue causes boot regression on AM335x EVM and
> reproducible on am57xx-evm (switch mode).
> Fix it by adding additional check for !cpsw->slaves[i].ndev in
> cpsw_get_usage_count().
> 
> Cc: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> fixes: 03fd01ad0eea ("net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: don't duplicate ndev_running")
> Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>
> ---

Yes, unfortunately forgot to add it. Thanks.
Reviewed-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@xxxxxxxxxx>


>  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
> index 67b7323..35a95dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
> @@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ static int cpsw_get_usage_count(struct cpsw_common *cpsw)
>  	u32 usage_count = 0;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < cpsw->data.slaves; i++)
> -		if (netif_running(cpsw->slaves[i].ndev))
> +		if (cpsw->slaves[i].ndev && netif_running(cpsw->slaves[i].ndev))
>  			usage_count++;
>  
>  	return usage_count;
> -- 
> 2.10.1.dirty
>