As the V4L2 based UVC webcam gadget (g_webcam) expects the 'videodev' to present when the 'webcam_bind' routine is called, so 'videodev' should be available as early as possible. Now, when 'g_webcam' is built as a module (i.e. not a part of kernel) the late availability of 'videodev' is OK, but if 'g_webcam' is built statically as a part of the kernel, the kernel crashes (a sample crash dump using Designware 2.0 UDC is provided below). To solve the same, this patch makes 'videodev_init' as a subsys initcall. Kernel Crash Dump: ------------------ designware_udc designware_udc: Device Synopsys UDC probed csr 90810000: plug 90812000 g_webcam gadget: uvc_function_bind Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000000e4 pgd = 80004000 [000000e4] *pgd=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 0 Not tainted (3.3.0-rc3-13888-ge774c03-dirty #20) PC is at do_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x16c LR is at _raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x14 pc : [<8019e344>] lr : [<804095c0>] psr: 60000013 sp : 8f839d20 ip : 8f839d50 fp : 8f839d4c r10: 80760a94 r9 : 8042de98 r8 : 00000154 r7 : 80760e94 r6 : 805cfc10 r5 : 8fb6a008 r4 : 8fb6a008 r3 : 805dd0c8 r2 : 8f839d48 r1 : 805cfc08 r0 : 000000e0 Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment kernel Control: 10c5387d Table: 0000404a DAC: 00000015 Process swapper/0 (pid: 1, stack limit = 0x8f8382f0) Stack: (0x8f839d20 to 0x8f83a000) 9d20: ffffffff ffffffff 8fb6a008 8fb6a008 805cfc10 80760e94 00000154 8042de98 9d40: 8f839d5c 8f839d50 804095c0 8019e340 8f839d7c 8f839d60 80222b28 804095bc 9d60: 8fb12b80 8fb6a008 8fb6a010 805cfc08 8f839dc4 8f839d80 80223db8 80222adc 9d80: 8f839dac 8f839d90 8022baa0 8019e2e8 8fb6a008 8075e7f4 8fb6a008 8fb6a008 9da0: 00000000 8fb6a008 80760e94 00000154 8042de98 80760a94 8f839ddc 8f839dc8 9dc0: 802242a8 80223d1c 8fb12b80 8fb6a000 8f839e1c 8f839de0 8030132c 80224298 9de0: 80223ce8 803f2ee8 00000001 804f7750 8f839e1c 8f824008 805cff20 8f824000 9e00: 8fb6a000 ffffffff 00000000 8f8d4880 8f839e4c 8f839e20 80562e3c 80301100 9e20: 00000000 8fb13140 8f824008 805cff20 8042aa68 8f824000 8042aa8c 805e4d40 9e40: 8f839e64 8f839e50 802d20c4 80562ba8 805d0058 805cff20 8f839e8c 8f839e68 9e60: 80563034 802d206c 8042aa8c 805cff20 8f8d4880 00000000 805cfc08 8fb12a40 9e80: 8f839e9c 8f839e90 805630c4 80562ec4 8f839ebc 8f839ea0 802d2364 805630b0 9ea0: 805cfeac 8f8d4880 805cfbe8 807605e8 8f839ed4 8f839ec0 80562b3c 802d22cc 9ec0: 80562ac4 8f8d4880 8f839f04 8f839ed8 802d0b40 80562ad0 8f839ef4 805cff90 9ee0: 805cff90 805cfb98 00000000 00000000 805cfbe8 805e4d40 8f839f3c 8f839f08 9f00: 802cd078 802d0a18 00000000 802d0a0c 00000000 8fb9ba00 802d0a0c 805cff90 9f20: 00000013 00000000 00000000 805e4d40 8f839f5c 8f839f40 802cf390 802ccff0 9f40: 00000003 00000003 804fb598 00000000 8f839f74 8f839f60 802d2554 802cf2a0 9f60: 8f838000 8057731c 8f839f84 8f839f78 80562b90 802d24d0 8f839fdc 8f839f88 9f80: 800085d4 80562b84 805af2ac 805af2ac 80562b78 00000000 00000013 00000000 9fa0: 00000000 00000000 8f839fc4 8f839fb8 80043dd0 8057706c 8057731c 8002875c 9fc0: 00000013 00000000 00000000 00000000 8f839ff4 8f839fe0 805468d4 800085a0 9fe0: 00000000 80546840 00000000 8f839ff8 8002875c 8054684c 51155555 55545555 Backtrace: [<8019e334>] (do_raw_spin_lock+0x0/0x16c) from [<804095c0>] (_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x14) r9:8042de98 r8:00000154 r7:80760e94 r6:805cfc10 r5:8fb6a008 r4:8fb6a008 [<804095b0>] (_raw_spin_lock+0x0/0x14) from [<80222b28>] (get_device_parent+0x58/0x1c0) [<80222ad0>] (get_device_parent+0x0/0x1c0) from [<80223db8>] (device_add+0xa8/0x57c) r6:805cfc08 r5:8fb6a010 r4:8fb6a008 r3:8fb12b80 [<80223d10>] (device_add+0x0/0x57c) from [<802242a8>] (device_register+0x1c/0x20) [<8022428c>] (device_register+0x0/0x20) from [<8030132c>] (__video_register_device+0x238/0x484) r4:8fb6a000 r3:8fb12b80 [<803010f4>] (__video_register_device+0x0/0x484) from [<80562e3c>] (uvc_function_bind+0x2a0/0x31c) [<80562b9c>] (uvc_function_bind+0x0/0x31c) from [<802d20c4>] (usb_add_function+0x64/0x118) [<802d2060>] (usb_add_function+0x0/0x118) from [<80563034>] (uvc_bind_config+0x17c/0x1ec) r5:805cff20 r4:805d0058 [<80562eb8>] (uvc_bind_config+0x0/0x1ec) from [<805630c4>] (webcam_config_bind+0x20/0x28) r8:8fb12a40 r7:805cfc08 r6:00000000 r5:8f8d4880 r4:805cff20 r3:8042aa8c [<805630a4>] (webcam_config_bind+0x0/0x28) from [<802d2364>] (usb_add_config+0xa4/0x124) [<802d22c0>] (usb_add_config+0x0/0x124) from [<80562b3c>] (webcam_bind+0x78/0xb4) r6:807605e8 r5:805cfbe8 r4:8f8d4880 r3:805cfeac [<80562ac4>] (webcam_bind+0x0/0xb4) from [<802d0b40>] (composite_bind+0x134/0x308) r4:8f8d4880 r3:80562ac4 [<802d0a0c>] (composite_bind+0x0/0x308) from [<802cd078>] (dw_udc_start+0x94/0x2bc) [<802ccfe4>] (dw_udc_start+0x0/0x2bc) from [<802cf390>] (usb_gadget_probe_driver+0xfc/0x180) [<802cf294>] (usb_gadget_probe_driver+0x0/0x180) from [<802d2554>] (usb_composite_probe+0x90/0xb4) r6:00000000 r5:804fb598 r4:00000003 r3:00000003 [<802d24c4>] (usb_composite_probe+0x0/0xb4) from [<80562b90>] (webcam_init+0x18/0x24) r5:8057731c r4:8f838000 [<80562b78>] (webcam_init+0x0/0x24) from [<800085d4>] (do_one_initcall+0x40/0x184) [<80008594>] (do_one_initcall+0x0/0x184) from [<805468d4>] (kernel_init+0x94/0x134) [<80546840>] (kernel_init+0x0/0x134) from [<8002875c>] (do_exit+0x0/0x6f8) r5:80546840 r4:00000000 Code: e1a0c00d e92ddbf0 e24cb004 e24dd008 (e5902004) ---[ end trace 7ecca37f36fbdc06 ]--- Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <bhupesh.sharma@xxxxxx> --- drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c index 96e9615..041804b 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ static void __exit videodev_exit(void) unregister_chrdev_region(dev, VIDEO_NUM_DEVICES); } -module_init(videodev_init) +subsys_initcall(videodev_init); module_exit(videodev_exit) MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>"); -- 1.7.2.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html