Hi Pankaj, One more question: For example: regmap_read() ----> _regmap_read() ----> 2112 #ifdef LOG_DEVICE ----> 2113 if (strcmp(dev_name(map->dev), LOG_DEVICE) == 0) ----> 2114 dev_info(map->dev, "%x => %x\n", reg, *val); ----> 2115 #endif In dev_name(map->dev) will also encounter the same crash core trace like in regmap_get_val_endian(dev, ...). Could there be another method, such as using 'dummy dev' instead of 'NULL dev' ? Just one suggestion. BRs Xiubo > -----Original Message----- > From: Pankaj Dubey [mailto:pankaj.dubey@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 2:03 PM > To: Dong Aisheng-B29396 > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-samsung-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kgene.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx; linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > arnd@xxxxxxxx; naushad@xxxxxxxxxxx; tomasz.figa@xxxxxxxxx; joshi@xxxxxxxxxxx; > thomas.ab@xxxxxxxxxxx; vikas.sajjan@xxxxxxxxxxx; chow.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx; > lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx; 'Boris BREZILLON'; Xiubo Li-B47053; 'Geert Uytterhoeven'; > 'Stephen Warren' > Subject: RE: [PATCH v3] mfd: syscon: Decouple syscon interface from platform > devices > > Hi, > > Adding CC to Xiubo Li, Geert Uytterhoeven and Stephen Warren. > > On Thursday, September 18, 2014, Dong Aisheng wrote, > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 04:50:50PM +0530, Pankaj Dubey wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Wednesday, September 17, 2014, Dong Aisheng Wrote, > > > > > > > > > > + regmap = regmap_init_mmio(NULL, base, > &syscon_regmap_config); > > > > > > > > Does a NULL device pointer work? > > > > > > Yes, it is safe, at least we are able to test on Exynos based SoC. > > > I have tested it with kgene/for-next kernel on Exynos3250. > > > Also it has been tested on Exynos5250 based Snow board with 3.17-rc5 > > > based kernel by Vivek Gautam. > > > > > > Patch V2 also has been tested by "Borris Brezillon" on AT91 platform. > > > > > > > > > > The kernel i tested was next-20140915 of linux-next. > > > > please see regmap_get_val_endian called in regmap_init function. > > static enum regmap_endian regmap_get_val_endian(struct device *dev, > > const struct regmap_bus *bus, > > const struct regmap_config > *config) { > > struct device_node *np = dev->of_node; > > enum regmap_endian endian; > > ... > > } > > It will crash at the first line of dev->of_node if dev is NULL. > > > > Can you check if you're using the same code as mine? > > No, it's not same. > My bad that I was not using linux-next for testing this patch. > We tested on kgene/for-next where these changes still have not come. > Just now I checked linux-next and found that it will crash at first line of > "regmap_get_val_endian" as there is no check for NULL on dev. > > I checked git history of regmap.c file and found recently this file has been > modified > for adding DT endianness binding support. Following are set of patches gone > for this > > cf673fb regmap: Split regmap_get_endian() in two functions > 5844a8b regmap: Fix handling of volatile registers for format_write() chips > 45e1a27 regmap: of_regmap_get_endian() cleanup > ba1b53f regmap: Fix DT endianess parsing logic > d647c19 regmap: add DT endianness binding support. > > I think there should have been a check for NULL on "dev" in > "regmap_get_val_endian", so that if dev pointer exist then only it makes > sense to get > endianness property from DT. > > I will suggest following fix in regmap.c for this. With following fix I > tested it and it works well > on linux-next also. So if you can confirm following fix is working for you > then I can post this > patch. > > -------------------------------------------- > Subject: [PATCH] regmap: fix NULL pointer dereference in > regmap_get_val_endian > > Recent commits for getting reg endianess causing NULL pointer > dereference if dev is passed NULL in regmap_init_mmio. This patch > fixes this issue, and allows to parse reg endianess only if dev > and dev->of_node exist. > > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Dubey <pankaj.dubey@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c | 23 ++++++++++++++--------- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c > index f2281af..455a877 100644 > --- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c > +++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c > @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static enum regmap_endian regmap_get_val_endian(struct > device *dev, > const struct regmap_bus *bus, > const struct regmap_config *config) > { > - struct device_node *np = dev->of_node; > + struct device_node *np; > enum regmap_endian endian; > > /* Retrieve the endianness specification from the regmap config */ > @@ -487,15 +487,20 @@ static enum regmap_endian regmap_get_val_endian(struct > device *dev, > if (endian != REGMAP_ENDIAN_DEFAULT) > return endian; > > - /* Parse the device's DT node for an endianness specification */ > - if (of_property_read_bool(np, "big-endian")) > - endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_BIG; > - else if (of_property_read_bool(np, "little-endian")) > - endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_LITTLE; > + /* If the dev and dev->of_node exist try to get endianness from DT > */ > + if (dev && dev->of_node) { > + np = dev->of_node; > > - /* If the endianness was specified in DT, use that */ > - if (endian != REGMAP_ENDIAN_DEFAULT) > - return endian; > + /* Parse the device's DT node for an endianness > specification */ > + if (of_property_read_bool(np, "big-endian")) > + endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_BIG; > + else if (of_property_read_bool(np, "little-endian")) > + endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_LITTLE; > + > + /* If the endianness was specified in DT, use that */ > + if (endian != REGMAP_ENDIAN_DEFAULT) > + return endian; > + } > > /* Retrieve the endianness specification from the bus config */ > if (bus && bus->val_format_endian_default) > -- > > Thanks, > Pankaj Dubey > > > Regards > > Dong Aisheng > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Pankaj Dubey > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Dong Aisheng > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > linux-arm-kernel mailing list > > > > > linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-samsung-soc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html