Re: [PATCH] of: unittest: Don't dereference args.np after test errors

[Frank Rowand]

On 09/24/18 21:19, Frank Rowand wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
> 
> On 09/23/18 09:33, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> If a devicetree parse function fails, it is quite likely that args.np
>> is invalid. Trying to dereference it will then cause the system to crash.
>>
>> This was seen when trying to run devicetree unittests on a g3beige
>> qemu system. This system has the OF_IMAP_OLDWORLD_MAC flag set in
>> of_irq_workarounds and expects an 'old style' structure of irq
>> nodes. Trying to parse the test nodes fails and results in the
>> following crash.
>>
>> OF: /testcase-data/phandle-tests/consumer-b: arguments longer than property
>> Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00bc616e
>> Faulting instruction address: 0xc092437c
>> Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
>> BE PREEMPT PowerMac
>> Modules linked in:
>> CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.19.0-rc4-yocto-standard+ #1
>> NIP:  c092437c LR: c0925098 CTR: c0925088
>> REGS: cf8dfb40 TRAP: 0300   Not tainted  (4.19.0-rc4-yocto-standard+)
>> MSR:  00001032 <ME,IR,DR,RI>  CR: 82004044  XER: 00000000
>> DAR: 00bc616e DSISR: 40000000
>> GPR00: c0925098 cf8dfbf0 cf8e0000 c14098c7 c14098c7 c1409c50 00000066 00000002
>> GPR08: 00000063 00bc614e c0b483e9 000affff 82004048 00000000 00000008 c0b36d80
>> GPR16: c0ac0000 c0b4233c c14098c7 c0b13c14 05ffffff 000affff c0b483e4 c0b00a30
>> GPR24: cecfe324 cecfe324 c0acc434 c0ac8420 c1409c50 05ffffff c1409c50 c14098c7
>> NIP [c092437c] device_node_gen_full_name+0x30/0x15c
>> LR [c0925098] device_node_string+0x190/0x3c8
>> Call Trace:
>> [cf8dfbf0] [c0733704] of_find_property+0x5c/0x74 (unreliable)
>> [cf8dfc30] [c0925098] device_node_string+0x190/0x3c8
>> [cf8dfca0] [c092690c] pointer+0x274/0x4d4
>> [cf8dfcd0] [c0926e20] vsnprintf+0x2b4/0x5ec
>> [cf8dfd30] [c0927170] vscnprintf+0x18/0x48
>> [cf8dfd40] [c008eb70] vprintk_store+0x4c/0x22c
>> [cf8dfd70] [c008f1c4] vprintk_emit+0x94/0x270
>> [cf8dfda0] [c008fb60] printk+0x5c/0x6c
>> [cf8dfde0] [c0bd1ec0] of_unittest+0x2670/0x2b48
>> [cf8dfe80] [c0004ba8] do_one_initcall+0xac/0x320
>> [cf8dfee0] [c0b8975c] kernel_init_freeable+0x328/0x3f0
>> [cf8dff30] [c00050c4] kernel_init+0x24/0x118
>> [cf8dff40] [c0014278] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c
>>
>> To avoid this and similar problems, don't try to dereference args.np
>> after devicetree parse failures, and display the name of the parsed node
>> instead. With this, we get error messages such as
>>
>> dt-test ### FAIL of_unittest_parse_interrupts():791 index 0 -
>> 	data error on node /testcase-data/interrupts/interrupts0 rc=-22
>>
>> This may not display the intended node name, but it is better than a crash.
> 
> Thanks for finding and debugging the root cause of the problem.
> 
> As the patch comment notes, the changes do not fix the root cause, but
> instead avoid the crash.  I'd like to deal with the root cause instead.
> 
> I've never encountered OF_IMAP_OLDWORLD_MAC and need to dig deeper to
> understand exactly how having it set leads to the error returns from
> of_parse_phandle_with_args().  Thus my off-the-top-of-my-head first
> observation is likely to be incorrect.  But I'd like to point out
> what I suspect is likely to be a more useful direction for the fix.
> 
> I'll use a bit of artful logic to claim that the root cause is that
> of_parse_phandle_with_args() does not behave as unittests expect when
> OF_IMAP_OLDWORLD_MAC is set.
> 
> If the of_parse_phandle_with_args() calls are not going to perform the
> test that unittest expects to be performing, then it is pointless to
> do the tests.  The fix then is to not do those tests.  For example,
> at the top of of_unittest_parse_phandle_with_args(), simply do:
> 
>         if (of_irq_workarounds & OF_IMAP_OLDWORLD_MAC)
>                 return;

I forgot to mention another rationale for this approach.  This will result
in the number of failed tests to remain at zero.

-Frank


> I did not look to see whether the other test areas you found can be
> as easily avoided, without avoiding tests that are still valid when
> OF_IMAP_OLDWORLD_MAC is set, but I am hoping so.
> 
> While looking at the patch, I noticed that the current
> of_unittest_parse_phandle_with_args() also does not call of_node_put()
> in the cases where of_count_phandle_with_args() does not return an
> error.  I'll add fixing that to my todo list.
> 
> And as you pointed out, of_unittest_parse_phandle_with_args() should
> not be blindly using the contents of args when an error occurred.  I'll
> also put fixing that on my todo list.
> 
> -Frank
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> Fixes: 53a42093d96ef ("of: Add device tree selftests")
>> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/of/unittest.c | 12 ++++++------
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest.c b/drivers/of/unittest.c
>> index 722537e14848..5942ddce1b9f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/of/unittest.c
>> +++ b/drivers/of/unittest.c
>> @@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static void __init of_unittest_parse_phandle_with_args(void)
>>  		}
>>  
>>  		unittest(passed, "index %i - data error on node %pOF rc=%i\n",
>> -			 i, args.np, rc);
>> +			 i, np, rc);
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	/* Check for missing list property */
>> @@ -554,8 +554,8 @@ static void __init of_unittest_parse_phandle_with_args_map(void)
>>  			passed = false;
>>  		}
>>  
>> -		unittest(passed, "index %i - data error on node %s rc=%i\n",
>> -			 i, args.np->full_name, rc);
>> +		unittest(passed, "index %i - data error on node %pOF rc=%i\n",
>> +			 i, np, rc);
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	/* Check for missing list property */
>> @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ static void __init of_unittest_parse_interrupts(void)
>>  		passed &= (args.args[0] == (i + 1));
>>  
>>  		unittest(passed, "index %i - data error on node %pOF rc=%i\n",
>> -			 i, args.np, rc);
>> +			 i, np, rc);
>>  	}
>>  	of_node_put(np);
>>  
>> @@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ static void __init of_unittest_parse_interrupts(void)
>>  			passed = false;
>>  		}
>>  		unittest(passed, "index %i - data error on node %pOF rc=%i\n",
>> -			 i, args.np, rc);
>> +			 i, np, rc);
>>  	}
>>  	of_node_put(np);
>>  }
>> @@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static void __init of_unittest_parse_interrupts_extended(void)
>>  		}
>>  
>>  		unittest(passed, "index %i - data error on node %pOF rc=%i\n",
>> -			 i, args.np, rc);
>> +			 i, np, rc);
>>  	}
>>  	of_node_put(np);
>>  }
>>
> 
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