Re: Exception due to PCI: Use pci_is_root_bus() to check for root bus

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Hi Bjorn,

Am 06.04.2016 um 15:35 schrieb Bjorn Helgaas:
Hi David,

On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 01:51:55PM +0200, David Engraf wrote:
Hi,

I have an exception in __pci_bus_size_bridges() when pci_is_root_bus
returns false but bus->self == NULL. My driver registers a virtual
bus, like virtfn_add_bus(). pci_add_new_bus() is called with a
parent but without a pci_dev. Thus bus->parent is set but bus->self
is NULL. When __pci_bus_size_bridges() is called I get an exception
at:

switch (bus->self->class >> 8)

The previous version of the code, checking for bus->self != NULL
worked for me. I think an additional check is required to make sure
we're not accessing a NULL pointer.

When you say "previous version of the code," do you mean a previous
version of Linux worked correctly but a newer version does not?  What
versions are they?  Did you identify a commit that changed the
behavior?  I assume you're talking about an out-of-tree driver that
registers a virtual bus?  Can you point us to the code?  Can you share
the dmesg log, including the backtrace?

With previous version, I mean reverting commit 2ba29e270e977b213a7d58ae1152c23a1c3074a3. This will check for bus->self instead of using pci_is_root_bus().
I'm working on a driver which is basically based on drivers/pci/iov.c.

The code looks like this:

child = pci_add_new_bus(parent, NULL, busnr);

This will create child with child->parent = parent and child->self = NULL. When the kernel calls __pci_bus_size_bridges(), accessing bus->self->class crashes:

/* The root bus? */
if (pci_is_root_bus(bus))
	return;

switch (bus->self->class >> 8) { <- crash here because of bus->self == NULL

Best regards
David
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