Hi Emanuele, Am Donnerstag, 2. März 2023, 12:06:18 CET schrieb Emanuele Ghidoli: > On 30/01/2023 16:32, Alexander Stein wrote: > > When start sending a new message clear the Rx & Tx buffer pointers in > > order to avoid using stale pointers. > > > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > I noticed an ambigous stack corruption once my rtc-pcf85063 driver probes. > > > > [ 2.695684] Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack > > is corrupted in: pcf85063_rtc_read_time+0x10/0x100 [ 2.706669] CPU: 1 > > PID: 63 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc6-next-20230130+ #1185 > > ca067559321ae817c063baccdba80d328f10f73 [ 2.718331] Hardware name: > > TQ-Systems i.MX8QXP TQMa8XQP on MBa8Xx (DT) [ 2.724866] Workqueue: > > events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func > > [ 2.730712] Call trace: > > [ 2.733161] dump_backtrace+0x9c/0x11c > > [ 2.736914] show_stack+0x14/0x1c > > [ 2.740232] dump_stack_lvl+0x5c/0x78 > > [ 2.743907] dump_stack+0x14/0x1c > > [ 2.747225] panic+0x34c/0x39c > > [ 2.750283] __ktime_get_real_seconds+0x0/0xc > > [ 2.754653] pcf85063_ioctl+0x0/0xf0 > > [ 2.758232] __rtc_read_time+0x44/0x114 > > [ 2.762081] __rtc_read_alarm+0x258/0x460 > > [ 2.766095] __devm_rtc_register_device+0x174/0x2b4 > > [ 2.770986] pcf85063_probe+0x258/0x4d4 > > [ 2.774825] i2c_device_probe+0x100/0x33c > > > > The backtrace did not indicate the actual cause of it. Checking the code > > the RTC driver seemed to be ok, so it has to be in the i2c bus driver. At > > some point I noticed that I see both Rx and Tx interrupts at the same > > time, which is odd. Also both rx_buf and tx_buf was set simultaneously. > > Clearly a bug to me. > > Clearing the buffer pointers upon each new i2c message triggered a NULL > > pointer dereference: > > > > [ 2.694923] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual > > address 0000000000000001 [ 2.703730] Mem abort info: > > [ 2.706525] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 > > [ 2.710278] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits > > [ 2.715595] SET = 0, FnV = 0 > > [ 2.718653] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 > > [ 2.721798] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault > > [ 2.726680] Data abort info: > > [ 2.729556] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 > > [ 2.733387] CM = 0, WnR = 0 > > [ 2.736358] [0000000000000001] user address but active_mm is swapper > > [ 2.742719] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP > > [ 2.748990] Modules linked in: > > [ 2.752051] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted > > 6.2.0-rc6-next-20230130+ #1184 44a8abebca6bfabc93e20ac52bce 47da7f92cec1 > > [ 2.763368] Hardware name: TQ-Systems i.MX8QXP TQMa8XQP on MBa8Xx (DT) > > [ 2.769902] pstate: 800000c5 (Nzcv daIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS > > BTYPE=--) [ 2.776868] pc : lpi2c_imx_write_txfifo+0x44/0xb0 > > [ 2.781585] lr : lpi2c_imx_isr+0x60/0x8c > > [ 2.785512] sp : ffff800008003ef0 > > [ 2.788831] x29: ffff800008003ef0 x28: ffff8000099c1ec0 x27: > > 00000000bfe632c8 [ 2.795980] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: > > ffff800009b935ed x24: ffff800009a4d4c0 [ 2.803130] x23: > > ffff00000365e800 x22: 0000000000000128 x21: 0000000000000000 [ > > 2.810280] x20: ffff0000033f4080 x19: 0000000003000103 x18: > > 0000000000000000 [ 2.817430] x17: ffff80003688a000 x16: > > ffff800008000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 2.824579] x14: > > 0000000000000000 x13: ffff8000099d1db8 x12: 0000000000000000 [ > > 2.831729] x11: ffff800009503180 x10: 0000000000000a80 x9 : > > ffff8000099b3d20 [ 2.838879] x8 : ffff8000099c29a0 x7 : > > 00000000000000c0 x6 : ffff000002838028 [ 2.846029] x5 : > > 0000000000000002 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ > > 2.849626] imx-scu system-controller: RPC send msg timeout > > [ 2.853178] x2 : ffff800009c88060 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : > > ffff0000033f4080 [ 2.858764] enet1: failed to power off resource 252 > > ret -110 > > [ 2.865897] Call trace: > > [ 2.865901] lpi2c_imx_write_txfifo+0x44/0xb0 > > [ 2.878443] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x5c/0x188 > > [ 2.883151] handle_irq_event+0x48/0xb0 > > > > $ ./scripts/faddr2line build_arm64/vmlinux > > lpi2c_imx_write_txfifo+0x44/0xb0 > > lpi2c_imx_write_txfifo+0x44/0xb0: > > lpi2c_imx_write_txfifo at drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c:364 > > > > This now clearly pinpoints the wrong access which previously corrupted the > > stack. The error leading to this wrong access is addressed in the > > following patch. > > > > drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c | 2 ++ > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c > > b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c index 188f2a36d2fd..c6d0225246e6 > > 100644 > > --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c > > +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c > > @@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ static int lpi2c_imx_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, > > > > if (num == 1 && msgs[0].len == 0) > > > > goto stop; > > > > + lpi2c_imx->rx_buf = NULL; > > + lpi2c_imx->tx_buf = NULL; > > > > lpi2c_imx->delivered = 0; > > lpi2c_imx->msglen = msgs[i].len; > > init_completion(&lpi2c_imx->complete); > > Hello, > I have same problem with rtc-ds1307 driver and NXP imx8x (using > ic2-imx-lpi2c.c bus driver). I do not have the full stack trace but I'm > sure is very similar: > [ 10.750015] Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is > corrupted in: ds1307_get_time+0x2a4/0x2c4 [rtc_ds1307] > > Your patches are fixing this too and they seem good to me. > About the [2/2] patch your approach sound better to me than the downstream > approach. > > Emanuele Ghidoli Thanks for the feedback. Could you provide then a Tested-by tag? Best regards, Alexander -- TQ-Systems GmbH | Mühlstraße 2, Gut Delling | 82229 Seefeld, Germany Amtsgericht München, HRB 105018 Geschäftsführer: Detlef Schneider, Rüdiger Stahl, Stefan Schneider http://www.tq-group.com/