This happens for the spi-imx driver when running a dt-enabled kernel on a non-dt machine on Linux 4.0. Among the still supported stable versions only 4.4 and 4.9 are affected. (However the spi-imx driver doesn't call of_get_named_gpio() since v4.8-rc1 (commit b36581df7e78 ("spi: imx: Using existing properties for chipselects")) any more, but the problem might still affect other users of of_get_named_gpio().) In 4.14-rc1 this problem is gone with commit 7eb6ce2f2723 ("gpio: Convert to using %pOF instead of full_name"). This commit however doesn't seem sensible to backport as it depends on ce4fecf1fe15 ("vsprintf: Add %p extension "%pOF" for device tree") which doesn't trivially apply to v4.4. [ 1.649453] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000c [ 1.659270] pgd = c0004000 [ 1.662036] [0000000c] *pgd=00000000 [ 1.665919] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 5 [#1] PREEMPT ARM [ 1.671438] Modules linked in: [ 1.674552] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.0.0 #1 [ 1.680235] Hardware name: Eckelmann ECU01 [ 1.684361] task: c7840000 ti: c7842000 task.ti: c7842000 [ 1.689821] PC is at of_get_named_gpiod_flags+0xac/0xe0 [ 1.695104] LR is at of_find_property+0x38/0x7c [ 1.699674] pc : [<c025db2c>] lr : [<c03c5f54>] psr: a0000013 [ 1.699674] sp : c7843cc8 ip : c7843c38 fp : c7843d3c [ 1.711183] r10: c7884dc0 r9 : c7a8de10 r8 : 00000000 [ 1.716434] r7 : 00000000 r6 : 00000000 r5 : c065ef50 r4 : fffffffe [ 1.722986] r3 : 00000000 r2 : 00000000 r1 : c065ef50 r0 : fffffffe [ 1.729541] Flags: NzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment kernel [ 1.736879] Control: 0005317f Table: 80004000 DAC: 00000017 [ 1.742652] Process swapper (pid: 1, stack limit = 0xc7842190) [ 1.748510] Stack: (0xc7843cc8 to 0xc7844000) [ 1.752906] 3cc0: c7843cd4 c003ccec 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 1.761125] 3ce0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 1.769345] 3d00: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 fffffdfb [ 1.777566] 3d20: 00000000 c78b4e10 c7a8dc00 000001ff c7843d4c c7843d40 c025db70 c025da90 [ 1.785788] 3d40: c7843dcc c7843d50 c02f8938 c025db70 c7843d74 c7843d60 c79bc3c0 c79bc320 [ 1.794007] 3d60: c78bb140 c065476c c7a8de10 00000000 c78b4e10 c78b4e00 00000004 00000001 [ 1.802227] 3d80: c06d25d4 00000000 c7843dbc c7843d98 c0115a68 c0112538 00000001 c78b4e10 [ 1.810448] 3da0: c78b4e18 ffffffed c78b4e10 fffffdfb c070bc80 00000000 c06d25d4 00000000 [ 1.818669] 3dc0: c7843dec c7843dd0 c02a0670 c02f8828 c78b4e10 c073fcb0 00000000 c070bc80 [ 1.826890] 3de0: c7843e14 c7843df0 c029f064 c02a0630 00000000 c78b4e10 c070bc80 c78b4e44 [ 1.835110] 3e00: 00000000 c06c8cac c7843e34 c7843e18 c029f204 c029ef70 c029f170 00000000 [ 1.843332] 3e20: c070bc80 c029f170 c7843e5c c7843e38 c029d6f4 c029f180 c785c1cc c7873c30 [ 1.851553] 3e40: c0235728 c070bc80 c7ab9720 c0701e20 c7843e6c c7843e60 c029eb74 c029d6a4 [ 1.859774] 3e60: c7843e94 c7843e70 c029e7f4 c029eb64 c065f390 c7843e80 c070bc80 c06f0718 [ 1.867998] 3e80: c7ab8d60 c06b1528 c7843eac c7843e98 c029f810 c029e728 c06f0718 c06f0718 [ 1.876220] 3ea0: c7843ebc c7843eb0 c02a04dc c029f7ac c7843ecc c7843ec0 c06c8cc4 c02a049c [ 1.884443] 3ec0: c7843f4c c7843ed0 c00089dc c06c8cbc c0109ec0 c0109d18 c780ac00 00000001 [ 1.892665] 3ee0: c7843f00 c7843ef0 c06b1544 c0238a24 c7ffca48 c054c854 c7843f4c c7843f08 [ 1.900886] 3f00: c002e7f4 c06b1538 c003d0e0 00000006 00000006 c06af1a4 00000000 c066ccb4 [ 1.909107] 3f20: c7843f4c c06ea994 00000006 c071ff20 c06b1528 c06d25e0 c06d25d4 0000008f [ 1.917327] 3f40: c7843f94 c7843f50 c06b1e6c c0008964 00000006 00000006 c06b1528 dfe48a08 [ 1.925547] 3f60: 33f73660 3fd760c5 0b5d4bfd 00000000 c0527ef0 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 1.933768] 3f80: 00000000 00000000 c7843fac c7843f98 c0527f00 c06b1d00 c7842000 00000000 [ 1.941988] 3fa0: 00000000 c7843fb0 c0009798 c0527f00 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 1.950206] 3fc0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 1.958424] 3fe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000013 00000000 b3cf731f fe6afeef [ 1.966617] Backtrace: [ 1.969150] [<c025da80>] (of_get_named_gpiod_flags) from [<c025db70>] (of_get_named_gpio_flags+0x10/0x24) [ 1.978744] r7:000001ff r6:c7a8dc00 r5:c78b4e10 r4:00000000 [ 1.984548] [<c025db60>] (of_get_named_gpio_flags) from [<c02f8938>] (spi_imx_probe+0x120/0x67c) [ 1.993390] [<c02f8818>] (spi_imx_probe) from [<c02a0670>] (platform_drv_probe+0x50/0xac) [ 2.001589] r10:00000000 r9:c06d25d4 r8:00000000 r7:c070bc80 r6:fffffdfb r5:c78b4e10 [ 2.009549] r4:ffffffed [ 2.012144] [<c02a0620>] (platform_drv_probe) from [<c029f064>] (driver_probe_device+0x104/0x210) [ 2.021040] r7:c070bc80 r6:00000000 r5:c073fcb0 r4:c78b4e10 [ 2.026822] [<c029ef60>] (driver_probe_device) from [<c029f204>] (__driver_attach+0x94/0x98) [ 2.035282] r8:c06c8cac r7:00000000 r6:c78b4e44 r5:c070bc80 r4:c78b4e10 r3:00000000 [ 2.043191] [<c029f170>] (__driver_attach) from [<c029d6f4>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x60/0x90) [ 2.051394] r6:c029f170 r5:c070bc80 r4:00000000 r3:c029f170 [ 2.057185] [<c029d694>] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<c029eb74>] (driver_attach+0x20/0x28) [ 2.065212] r6:c0701e20 r5:c7ab9720 r4:c070bc80 [ 2.069931] [<c029eb54>] (driver_attach) from [<c029e7f4>] (bus_add_driver+0xdc/0x1dc) [ 2.077894] [<c029e718>] (bus_add_driver) from [<c029f810>] (driver_register+0x74/0xec) [ 2.085919] r7:c06b1528 r6:c7ab8d60 r5:c06f0718 r4:c070bc80 [ 2.091705] [<c029f79c>] (driver_register) from [<c02a04dc>] (__platform_driver_register+0x50/0x64) [ 2.100774] r5:c06f0718 r4:c06f0718 [ 2.104437] [<c02a048c>] (__platform_driver_register) from [<c06c8cc4>] (spi_imx_driver_init+0x18/0x20) [ 2.113884] [<c06c8cac>] (spi_imx_driver_init) from [<c00089dc>] (do_one_initcall+0x88/0x1b0) [ 2.122459] [<c0008954>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c06b1e6c>] (kernel_init_freeable+0x17c/0x248) [ 2.131182] r10:0000008f r9:c06d25d4 r8:c06d25e0 r7:c06b1528 r6:c071ff20 r5:00000006 [ 2.139141] r4:c06ea994 [ 2.141751] [<c06b1cf0>] (kernel_init_freeable) from [<c0527f00>] (kernel_init+0x10/0xec) [ 2.149955] r10:00000000 r9:00000000 r8:00000000 r7:00000000 r6:00000000 r5:c0527ef0 [ 2.157909] r4:00000000 [ 2.160508] [<c0527ef0>] (kernel_init) from [<c0009798>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c) [ 2.168099] r4:00000000 r3:c7842000 [ 2.171755] Code: eb0b2dc2 e51b0020 e24bd01c e89da8f0 (e597300c) Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.4.x, v4.9.x Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c index 193f15d50bba..369d3ed1df6a 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct gpio_desc *of_get_named_gpiod_flags(struct device_node *np, &gpiospec); if (ret) { pr_debug("%s: can't parse '%s' property of node '%s[%d]'\n", - __func__, propname, np->full_name, index); + __func__, propname, np ? np->full_name : NULL, index); return ERR_PTR(ret); } -- 2.28.0