Hi Andy, Thanks for the feedback. > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] pinctrl: renesas: rzg2l: Fix NULL pointer > dereference in rzg2l_dt_subnode_to_map() > > Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 08:24:34AM +0100, Biju Das kirjoitti: > > Fix the below random NULL pointer crash during boot by serializing > > pinctrl group and function creation/remove calls in > > rzg2l_dt_subnode_to_map() with mutex lock. > > > Crash logs: > > [ 15.310036] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at > virtual address 0000000000000000 > > [ 15.354291] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at > virtual address 0000000000000000 > > [ 15.870714] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, > p4d=0000000000000000 > > [ 15.939989] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 2 PREEMPT SMP > > [ 15.946285] Modules linked in: drm_shmem_helper rzg2l_mipi_dsi > videobuf2_common display_connector gpu_sched mc drm_kms_helper rcar_fcp > drm rcar_canfd snd_soc_wm8978 rtc_isl1208 can_dev rzg2l_adc snd_soc_rz_ssi > renesas_rpc_if spi_rspi backlight ipv6 > > [ 15.969077] CPU: 1 PID: 117 Comm: systemd-udevd Tainted: G D > 6.5.0-rc4-next-20230801-00013-gd1819ab30a54 #986 > > [ 15.980351] Hardware name: Renesas SMARC EVK based on r9a07g054l2 > (DT) > > [ 15.986857] pstate: 40400005 (nZcv daif +PAN UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS > BTYPE=-) > > [ 15.993797] pc : __pi_strcmp+0x20/0x140 > > [ 15.997647] lr : pinmux_func_name_to_selector+0x68/0xa4 > > [ 16.002876] sp : ffff800082d9b5a0 > > [ 16.006210] x29: ffff800082d9b5a0 x28: 0000000000000002 x27: > ffff00000cda7080 > > [ 16.013338] x26: 0000000000000002 x25: ffff00000a1f26c0 x24: > ffff00000cda7080 > > [ 16.020456] x23: ffff800081224960 x22: ffff00007fc2e598 x21: > 000000000000000c > > [ 16.027571] x20: ffff00000b6c8840 x19: 000000000000000b x18: > 0000000000000002 > > [ 16.034686] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: > 0000000000000000 > > [ 16.041799] x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000068a68 x12: > 0000000000000040 > > [ 16.048913] x11: ffff00000b092ff8 x10: 0000ffff803d1a68 x9 : > ffff00000b6c8888 > > [ 16.056028] x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : > 0000000000000000 > > [ 16.063142] x5 : ffff00000b092ff8 x4 : ffff00000b093078 x3 : > 0000000000000000 > > [ 16.070256] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : > ffff00007fc2e598 > > [ 16.077370] Call trace: > > [ 16.079807] __pi_strcmp+0x20/0x140 > > [ 16.083296] pinmux_generic_add_function+0x34/0xcc > > [ 16.088077] rzg2l_dt_subnode_to_map+0x314/0x44c > > [ 16.092682] rzg2l_dt_node_to_map+0x164/0x194 > > [ 16.097025] pinctrl_dt_to_map+0x218/0x37c > > [ 16.101107] create_pinctrl+0x70/0x3d8 > > Submitting Patches says why the above is too noisy for the commit message. > Please, amend accordingly. OK, got it as per[1], this should be. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address Call trace: __pi_strcmp+0x20/0x140 pinmux_generic_add_function+0x34/0xcc rzg2l_dt_subnode_to_map+0x314/0x44c rzg2l_dt_node_to_map+0x164/0x194 pinctrl_dt_to_map+0x218/0x37c create_pinctrl+0x70/0x3d8 [1] https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html#backtraces-in-commit-messages I will send V2 with these changes. Cheers, Biju