Messages in this thread | | | From | Vicente Bergas <> | Subject | Re: net: phy: realtek: regression, kernel null pointer dereference | Date | Fri, 10 May 2019 23:18:54 +0200 |
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On Friday, May 10, 2019 10:28:06 PM CEST, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > On 10.05.2019 17:05, Vicente Bergas wrote: >> Hello, >> there is a regression on linux v5.1-9573-gb970afcfcabd with a kernel null >> pointer dereference. >> The issue is the commit f81dadbcf7fd067baf184b63c179fc392bdb226e >> net: phy: realtek: Add rtl8211e rx/tx delays config ... > The page operation callbacks are missing in the RTL8211E driver. > I just submitted a fix adding these callbacks to few Realtek PHY drivers > including RTl8211E. This should fix the issue.
Thanks for fixing it so fast!
> Nevertheless your proposed patch looks good to me, just one small change > would be needed and it should be splitted.
The diff on the first mail was just to show which steps i did to debug the issue, it was not intended to be applied.
Regards, Vicenç.
> The change to phy-core I would consider a fix and it should be fine to > submit it to net (net-next is closed currently). > > Adding the warning to the Realtek driver is fine, but this would be > something for net-next once it's open again. > >> Regards, >> Vicenç. >> > Heiner > >> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy-core.c >> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy-core.c >> @@ -648,11 +648,17 @@ >> >> static int __phy_read_page(struct phy_device *phydev) >> { ... > > Here phydev_warn() should be used. > >> + return 0; >> + } >> >> ret = phy_write(phydev, RTL821x_EXT_PAGE_SELECT, 0xa4); >> if (ret)
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