On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 11:57:02AM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 01:53:51PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > When calling soc_device_match() from early_initcall(), bus_kset is still
> > NULL, causing a crash:
> >
> > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000028
> > ...
> > Call trace:
> > __lock_acquire+0x530/0x20f0
> > lock_acquire.part.0+0xc8/0x210
> > lock_acquire+0x64/0x80
> > _raw_spin_lock+0x4c/0x60
> > bus_to_subsys+0x24/0xac
> > bus_for_each_dev+0x30/0xcc
> > soc_device_match+0x4c/0xe0
> > r8a7795_sysc_init+0x18/0x60
> > rcar_sysc_pd_init+0xb0/0x33c
> > do_one_initcall+0x128/0x2bc
> >
> > Before, bus_for_each_dev() handled this gracefully by checking that
> > the back-pointer to the private structure was valid.
> >
> > Fix this by adding a NULL check for bus_kset to bus_to_subsys().
> >
> > Fixes: 83b9148df2c95e23 ("driver core: bus: bus iterator cleanups")
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Current top-of-head doesn't boot my Salvator-XS board, this patch fixed
> it.
>
> Tested-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
Great, now sent to Linus.
greg k-h
