Hi,
[...]
> > 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.
>
Another question:
Then the regmap core cannot deal with the following issue:
Like the patch adding the endianness support for syscon:
[PATCH] mfd: syscon: binding: Add syscon endianness support.
So here just register one dummy syscon device is a good choice I do
think.
:)
Thanks,
BRs
Xiubo
> 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
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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