On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 05:02:50PM +0100, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> On 12.12.2019 15:09, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
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> >> +static void max98090_shdn_save(struct max98090_priv *max98090)
> >> +{
> >> + mutex_lock(&max98090->component->card->dapm_mutex);
> The NULL pointer dereference demonstrated above is caused by
> max98090->component->card being NULL here. Adding a simple != NULL check
> here and in the max98090_shdn_restore() function fixes the boot issue,
> although the deplock warning is still there. The question is that is the
> max98090->component->card being NULL is a normal case or something that
> needs further analysis.
It'd be good to get a bit more analysis, the _shdn_save() call looks to
have come from a userspace write and we shouldn't be exposing the card
and hence the controls on the card to userspace until it's fully
instantiated.
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