Re: [PATCH] drivers: watchdog: rdc321x_wdt: Fix race condition bugs

[Guenter Roeck]

On 8/7/20 11:08 AM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/7/2020 9:21 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 04:59:02PM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> In rdc321x_wdt_probe(), rdc321x_wdt_device.queue is initialized
>>> after misc_register(), hence if ioctl is called before its
>>> initialization which can call rdc321x_wdt_start() function,
>>> it will see an uninitialized value of rdc321x_wdt_device.queue,
>>> hence initialize it before misc_register().
>>> Also, rdc321x_wdt_device.default_ticks is accessed in reset()
>>> function called from write callback, thus initialize it before
>>> misc_register().
>>>
>>> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Having said that ... this is yet another potentially obsolete driver.
>> You are really wasting your (and, fwiw, my) time.
>>
>> Florian, any thoughts if support for this chip can/should be deprecated
>> or even removed ?
> 
> I am still using my rdc321x-based SoC, so no, this is not obsolete as
> far as I am concerned, time permitting, modernizing the driver is on my
> TODO after checking/fixing the Ethernet driver first.
> 

Ok, fair enough.

> Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
> 

Thanks,
Guenter