Hi Hayes, On 23.10.2019 11:48, Hayes Wang wrote: > Marek Szyprowski [mailto:m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 5:17 PM >> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8152: support request_firmware for RTL8153 >> >> Hi Hayes, >> >> On 16.10.2019 05:02, Hayes Wang wrote: >>> This patch supports loading additional firmware file through >>> request_firmware(). >>> >>> A firmware file may include a header followed by several blocks >>> which have different types of firmware. Currently, the supported >>> types are RTL_FW_END, RTL_FW_PLA, and RTL_FW_USB. >>> >>> The firmware is used to fix some compatible or hardware issues. For >>> example, the device couldn't be found after rebooting several times. >>> >>> The supported chips are >>> RTL_VER_04 (rtl8153a-2.fw) >>> RTL_VER_05 (rtl8153a-3.fw) >>> RTL_VER_06 (rtl8153a-4.fw) >>> RTL_VER_09 (rtl8153b-2.fw) >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Reviewed-by: Prashant Malani <pmalani@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> This patch (which landed in linux-next last days) causes a following >> kernel oops on the ARM 32bit Exynos5422 SoC based Odroid XU4 board: > Please try the following patch. Yes, this fixes the issue. I've applied those changes manually on top of Linux next-20191022, due to some differences in the context. When you prepare a final patch, feel free to add: Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 9370f2d05a2a ("r8152: support request_firmware for RTL8153") Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c > index d3c30ccc8577..283b35a76cf0 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c > @@ -4000,8 +4000,8 @@ static void rtl8152_fw_mac_apply(struct r8152 *tp, struct fw_mac *mac) > static void rtl8152_apply_firmware(struct r8152 *tp) > { > struct rtl_fw *rtl_fw = &tp->rtl_fw; > - const struct firmware *fw = rtl_fw->fw; > - struct fw_header *fw_hdr = (struct fw_header *)fw->data; > + const struct firmware *fw; > + struct fw_header *fw_hdr; > struct fw_phy_patch_key *key; > u16 key_addr = 0; > int i; > @@ -4009,6 +4009,9 @@ static void rtl8152_apply_firmware(struct r8152 *tp) > if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rtl_fw->fw)) > return; > > + fw = rtl_fw->fw; > + fw_hdr = (struct fw_header *)fw->data; > + > if (rtl_fw->pre_fw) > rtl_fw->pre_fw(tp); > >>> +static void rtl8152_apply_firmware(struct r8152 *tp) >>> +{ >>> + struct rtl_fw *rtl_fw = &tp->rtl_fw; >>> + const struct firmware *fw = rtl_fw->fw; >>> + struct fw_header *fw_hdr = (struct fw_header *)fw->data; >>> + int i; >>> + >>> + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rtl_fw->fw)) >>> + return; >>> + >>> + if (rtl_fw->pre_fw) >>> + rtl_fw->pre_fw(tp); >>> + >>> Best regards -- Marek Szyprowski, PhD Samsung R&D Institute Poland