From: Nikita Shubin <NShubin@xxxxxxxxxx> .kick method not set in rproc_ops will result in: 8<--- cut here --- Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in rproc_virtio_notify, after firmware loading. refuse to register an rproc-induced virtio device if no kick method was defined for rproc. Signed-off-by: Nikita Shubin <NShubin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c index 8c07cb2ca8ba..31a62a0b470e 100644 --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c @@ -334,6 +334,13 @@ int rproc_add_virtio_dev(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int id) struct rproc_mem_entry *mem; int ret; + if (rproc->ops->kick == NULL) { + ret = -EINVAL; + dev_err(dev, ".kick method not defined for %s", + rproc->name); + goto out; + } + /* Try to find dedicated vdev buffer carveout */ mem = rproc_find_carveout_by_name(rproc, "vdev%dbuffer", rvdev->index); if (mem) { -- 2.24.1