Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:23:26 +0200 | From | Uwe Kleine-König <> | Subject | Re: Crashing 'kzm' target in next-20160913 due to 'gpio: mxc: shift gpio_mxc_init() to subsys_initcall level' |
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On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 04:35:04PM +0300, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote: > Hi Guenter, > > On 09/14/2016 06:20 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > Hi Vladimir, > > > > your commit e188cbf7564f ("gpio: mxc: shift gpio_mxc_init() to subsys_initcall level") > > in -next causes the following crash when running the 'kzm' target (and most likely > > the real thing) with qemu. > > > > [ 1.211426] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000c > > [ 1.211600] pgd = c0004000 > > [ 1.211680] [0000000c] *pgd=00000000 > > [ 1.212067] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] SMP ARM > > [ 1.212245] Modules linked in: > > [ 1.212542] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.8.0-rc6-next-20160913 #1 > > [ 1.212671] Hardware name: Kyoto Microcomputer Co., Ltd. KZM-ARM11-01 > > [ 1.212825] task: c6848000 task.stack: c683e000 > > [ 1.213231] PC is at platform_get_irq+0xc0/0xe8 > > > > See http://kerneltests.org/builders/qemu-arm-next/builds/525/steps/qemubuildcommand/logs/stdio > > for a complete log. > > > > Problem is quite subtle. The change causes the gpio driver to be installed later. > > As a result, kzm_init_smsc9118() fails to initialize the gpio pins correctly. > > gpio_request() in that function returns -EPROBE_DEFER, which is ignored, > > gpio_to_irq() then returns -22 which is unconditionally assigned as interrupt number. > > platform_get_irq(), as called from the smsc driver, gets this negative interrupt > > number, and passes it unconditionally to irq_get_irq_data(), which returns NULL. > > The NULL pointer is then passed to irqd_set_trigger_type() which, not entirely > > surprisingly, crashes. > > > > So, in other words, lots of bugs here. Nevertheless, I would suggest to keep using > > postcore_initcall(), at least until it is sure that all gpio clients handle -EPROBE_DEFER > > correctly. > > I'm inviting Shawn and Uwe to the discussion. > > The proper fix in this particular case should be like this one: > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-kzm_arm11_01.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-kzm_arm11_01.c > index 31df4361996f..8288acfe7221 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-kzm_arm11_01.c > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-kzm_arm11_01.c > @@ -245,13 +245,17 @@ static void __init kzm_board_init(void) > mxc_iomux_setup_multiple_pins(kzm_pins, > ARRAY_SIZE(kzm_pins), "kzm"); > - kzm_init_ext_uart(); > - kzm_init_smsc9118(); > kzm_init_imx_uart(); > pr_info("Clock input source is 26MHz\n"); > } > +static void __init kzm_late_init(void) > +{ > + kzm_init_ext_uart(); > + kzm_init_smsc9118(); > +} > + > /* > * This structure defines static mappings for the kzm-arm11-01 board. > */ > @@ -291,5 +295,6 @@ MACHINE_START(KZM_ARM11_01, "Kyoto Microcomputer Co., Ltd. KZM-ARM11-01") > .init_irq = mx31_init_irq, > .init_time = kzm_timer_init, > .init_machine = kzm_board_init, > + .init_late = kzm_late_init, > .restart = mxc_restart, > MACHINE_END
That + checking the return code of gpio_request and the other calls. Or better, convert the machine to dt.
> But I agree that there might be more legacy boards (i.MX31 only IMHO), > which may attempt to manipulate GPIO lines before subsys_initcall() > level.
I wouldn't revert anything for legacy boards. That's the chance to say in the near future: They stopped working in September 2016, obviously nobody cares, let's rip them. :-)
Best regards Uwe
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