The talitos interrupt error path can generate a kernel panic when priv->chan[ch].fifo[tail].desc is NULL. Check the desc pointer before use in current_desc_hdr. Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000000 Faulting instruction address: 0xc01e0f40 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] SMP NR_CPUS=2 P1020 RDB last sysfs file: /sys/kernel/uevent_seqnum Modules linked in: pl2303 option keyspan sg usb_wwan usbserial uhci_hcd ohci_hcd macvlan ebt_snat ebt_dnat ebt_arpreply ebt_ip ebt_arp ebt_redirect ebt_mark ebt_vlan ebt_stp ebt_pkttype ebt_mark_m ebt_limit ebt_among ebt_802_3 ebtable_nc NIP: c01e0f40 LR: c01e0ea8 CTR: c01e0ccc REGS: efff1ea0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (2.6.38.8) MSR: 00021000 <ME,CE> CR: 99355033 XER: c0000000 DEAR: 00000000, ESR: 00000000 TASK = c03422e0[0] 'swapper' THREAD: c035a000 CPU: 0 GPR00: 00000000 efff1f50 c03422e0 ef869608 ef869608 efff1ff0 00000000 00000000 GPR08: efb6ec80 00000000 efb75e00 efb75e10 00000000 1007e92c c02f1740 00000000 GPR16: c02f0000 c02f16bc c02a0000 00000000 ffffffea 00000003 00000001 00001280 GPR24: c02d78a4 010c0100 efb380c0 0000002d 000186a0 ef869608 00000000 00000008 NIP [c01e0f40] talitos_interrupt+0x274/0x8a0 LR [c01e0ea8] talitos_interrupt+0x1dc/0x8a0 Call Trace: [efff1fa0] [c0066aa4] handle_IRQ_event+0x44/0x110 [efff1fd0] [c0069468] handle_fasteoi_irq+0x100/0x168 [efff1ff0] [c000d0ac] call_handle_irq+0x18/0x28 [efff3c30] [c000449c] do_IRQ+0xe8/0x168 [efff3c60] [c000f0a4] ret_from_except+0x0/0x18 --- Exception: 501 at udp_queue_rcv_skb+0xe0/0x378 LR = udp_queue_rcv_skb+0xdc/0x378 [efff3d40] [c024a780] __udp4_lib_rcv+0x31c/0x5cc [efff3d80] [c0223518] ip_local_deliver_finish+0x114/0x27c [efff3da0] [c02233e0] ip_rcv_finish+0x4b0/0x4d4 [efff3dc0] [c01fa390] __netif_receive_skb+0x3f8/0x43c [efff3e10] [c01fab38] netif_receive_skb+0x98/0xac [efff3e40] [c01b84a0] gfar_clean_rx_ring+0x37c/0x470 [efff3ea0] [c01b89cc] gfar_poll+0x438/0x550 [efff3f60] [c01fae20] net_rx_action+0x88/0x170 [efff3fa0] [c0036218] __do_softirq+0xd8/0x170 [efff3ff0] [c000d084] call_do_softirq+0x14/0x24 [c035be60] [c000471c] do_softirq+0x7c/0x9c [c035be80] [c0036364] irq_exit+0x50/0x60 [c035be90] [c00044f8] do_IRQ+0x144/0x168 [c035bec0] [c000f0a4] ret_from_except+0x0/0x18 --- Exception: 501 at cpu_idle+0xc8/0x154 LR = cpu_idle+0xc8/0x154 [c035bf80] [c0008788] cpu_idle+0x150/0x154 (unreliable) [c035bfb0] [c000236c] rest_init+0x68/0x7c [c035bfc0] [c0318858] start_kernel+0x2f4/0x308 [c035bff0] [c00003d8] skpinv+0x2f0/0x32c Instruction dump: 7fa3eb78 4bf98945 7c7b1b78 48000038 552b2036 39290001 7d6a5a14 800b0004 7f870000 409effb0 812b0000 7fa3eb78 <83090000> 4bf98915 7c7b1b78 2f980000 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt Call Trace: [efff1dd0] [c0007bd0] show_stack+0x5c/0x164 (unreliable) [efff1e10] [c028206c] panic+0xa8/0x1d8 [efff1e60] [c000a654] die+0x1f8/0x23c [efff1e80] [c00135c8] bad_page_fault+0x100/0x114 [efff1e90] [c000eefc] handle_page_fault+0x7c/0x80 --- Exception: 300 at talitos_interrupt+0x274/0x8a0 LR = talitos_interrupt+0x1dc/0x8a0 [efff1f50] [00000000] (null) (unreliable) [efff1fa0] [c0066aa4] handle_IRQ_event+0x44/0x110 [efff1fd0] [c0069468] handle_fasteoi_irq+0x100/0x168 [efff1ff0] [c000d0ac] call_handle_irq+0x18/0x28 [efff3c30] [c000449c] do_IRQ+0xe8/0x168 [efff3c60] [c000f0a4] ret_from_except+0x0/0x18 --- Exception: 501 at udp_queue_rcv_skb+0xe0/0x378 LR = udp_queue_rcv_skb+0xdc/0x378 [efff3d40] [c024a780] __udp4_lib_rcv+0x31c/0x5cc [efff3d80] [c0223518] ip_local_deliver_finish+0x114/0x27c [efff3da0] [c02233e0] ip_rcv_finish+0x4b0/0x4d4 [efff3dc0] [c01fa390] __netif_receive_skb+0x3f8/0x43c [efff3e10] [c01fab38] netif_receive_skb+0x98/0xac [efff3e40] [c01b84a0] gfar_clean_rx_ring+0x37c/0x470 [efff3ea0] [c01b89cc] gfar_poll+0x438/0x550 [efff3f60] [c01fae20] net_rx_action+0x88/0x170 [efff3fa0] [c0036218] __do_softirq+0xd8/0x170 [efff3ff0] [c000d084] call_do_softirq+0x14/0x24 [c035be60] [c000471c] do_softirq+0x7c/0x9c [c035be80] [c0036364] irq_exit+0x50/0x60 [c035be90] [c00044f8] do_IRQ+0x144/0x168 [c035bec0] [c000f0a4] ret_from_except+0x0/0x18 --- Exception: 501 at cpu_idle+0xc8/0x154 LR = cpu_idle+0xc8/0x154 [c035bf80] [c0008788] cpu_idle+0x150/0x154 (unreliable) [c035bfb0] [c000236c] rest_init+0x68/0x7c [c035bfc0] [c0318858] start_kernel+0x2f4/0x308 [c035bff0] [c00003d8] skpinv+0x2f0/0x32c Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Not sure if this is the same bug as "talitos: handle descriptor not found in error path" was intended to fix. But I've been running this one for a while now without experiencing the crash anymore. Thanks, Helmut drivers/crypto/talitos.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/talitos.c b/drivers/crypto/talitos.c index 921039e..56d7804 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/talitos.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/talitos.c @@ -459,7 +459,9 @@ static u32 current_desc_hdr(struct device *dev, int ch) } } - return priv->chan[ch].fifo[tail].desc->hdr; + if (priv->chan[ch].fifo[tail].desc) + return priv->chan[ch].fifo[tail].desc->hdr; + return 0; } /* -- 1.7.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html