On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 03:23:36PM +0000, Zheyu Ma wrote: > In function 'neo_intr', the driver uses 'ch->ch_equeue' and > 'ch->ch_reuque'. These two pointers are initialized in 'jsm_tty_open', > but the interrupt handler 'neo_intr' has been registered in the probe > progress. If 'jsm_tty_open' has not been called at this time, it will > cause null pointer dereference. > > Once the driver registers the interrupt handler, the driver should be > ready to handle it. > > Fix this by allocating the memory at probe time and not at open time. > > This log reveals it: > > [ 50.934983] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: > 0000000000000000 > [ 50.938297] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode > [ 50.940075] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page > [ 50.940460] PGD 0 P4D 0 > [ 50.940654] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI > [ 50.940967] CPU: 2 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/2 Not tainted > 5.12.4-g70e7f0549188-dirty #97 > [ 50.941554] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), > BIOS rel-1.12.0-59-gc9ba5276e321-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 > [ 50.942419] RIP: 0010:memcpy_fromio+0x75/0xa0 > [ 50.942759] Code: e9 02 f3 a5 41 f6 c5 02 74 02 66 a5 41 f6 c5 01 74 > 01 a4 e8 5d 93 6b ff 5b 41 5c 41 5d 5d c3 e8 51 93 6b ff 4c 89 e7 48 89 > de <a4> 49 89 fc 48 89 f3 49 83 ed 01 eb a4 e8 39 93 6b ff 4c 89 e7 48 > [ 50.944158] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000118df8 EFLAGS: 00010046 > [ 50.944559] RAX: ffff888100258000 RBX: ffffc90007f0030f > RCX: 0000000000000000 > [ 50.945114] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc90007f0030f > RDI: 0000000000000000 > [ 50.945652] RBP: ffffc90000118e10 R08: 0000000000000000 > R09: 0000000000000000 > [ 50.946192] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 > R12: 0000000000000000 > [ 50.946729] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000007f0021e > R15: 0000000000000000 > [ 50.947279] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88817bc80000(0000) > knlGS:0000000000000000 > [ 50.947912] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 > [ 50.948346] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000107950000 > CR4: 00000000000006e0 > [ 50.948892] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 > DR2: 0000000000000000 > [ 50.949429] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 > DR7: 0000000000000400 Please do not line-wrap these types of lines. > [ 50.949950] Call Trace: > [ 50.950138] <IRQ> > [ 50.950292] neo_copy_data_from_uart_to_queue+0x2f7/0x4e0 > [ 50.950694] neo_intr+0x253/0x7a0 > [ 50.950975] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x53/0x3e0 > [ 50.951352] handle_irq_event_percpu+0x35/0x90 > [ 50.951706] handle_irq_event+0x39/0x60 > [ 50.951999] handle_fasteoi_irq+0xc2/0x1d0 > [ 50.952319] __common_interrupt+0x7f/0x150 > [ 50.952638] common_interrupt+0xb4/0xd0 > [ 50.952954] </IRQ> > [ 50.953136] asm_common_interrupt+0x1e/0x40 > [ 50.969513] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt > [ 50.970151] Dumping ftrace buffer: > [ 50.970420] (ftrace buffer empty) > [ 50.970693] Kernel Offset: disabled > [ 50.970968] Rebooting in 1 seconds.. > > Signed-off-by: Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Changes in v2: > - Allocate the memory at probe time, instead of simply checking whether it > is a null pointer. > --- > drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_tty.c | 64 +++++++++++++------------------- > 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_tty.c b/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_tty.c > index 8e42a7682c63..1c77c982daaf 100644 > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_tty.c > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_tty.c > @@ -195,44 +195,6 @@ static int jsm_tty_open(struct uart_port *port) > /* Get board pointer from our array of majors we have allocated */ > brd = channel->ch_bd; > > - /* > - * Allocate channel buffers for read/write/error. > - * Set flag, so we don't get trounced on. > - */ > - channel->ch_flags |= (CH_OPENING); > - > - /* Drop locks, as malloc with GFP_KERNEL can sleep */ > - > - if (!channel->ch_rqueue) { > - channel->ch_rqueue = kzalloc(RQUEUESIZE, GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!channel->ch_rqueue) { > - jsm_dbg(INIT, &channel->ch_bd->pci_dev, > - "unable to allocate read queue buf\n"); > - return -ENOMEM; > - } > - } > - if (!channel->ch_equeue) { > - channel->ch_equeue = kzalloc(EQUEUESIZE, GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!channel->ch_equeue) { > - jsm_dbg(INIT, &channel->ch_bd->pci_dev, > - "unable to allocate error queue buf\n"); > - return -ENOMEM; > - } > - } > - > - channel->ch_flags &= ~(CH_OPENING); > - /* > - * Initialize if neither terminal is open. > - */ > - jsm_dbg(OPEN, &channel->ch_bd->pci_dev, > - "jsm_open: initializing channel in open...\n"); > - > - /* > - * Flush input queues. > - */ > - channel->ch_r_head = channel->ch_r_tail = 0; > - channel->ch_e_head = channel->ch_e_tail = 0; > - > brd->bd_ops->flush_uart_write(channel); > brd->bd_ops->flush_uart_read(channel); > > @@ -420,6 +382,32 @@ int jsm_tty_init(struct jsm_board *brd) > ch->ch_close_delay = 250; > > init_waitqueue_head(&ch->ch_flags_wait); > + > + /* > + * Allocate channel buffers for read/write/error. > + * Set flag, so we don't get trounced on. > + */ > + ch->ch_flags |= (CH_OPENING); But you are not opening the device at this point in time. Did you test this? > + > + /* Drop locks, as malloc with GFP_KERNEL can sleep */ What locks got dropped? > + > + if (!ch->ch_rqueue) { > + ch->ch_rqueue = kzalloc(RQUEUESIZE, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!ch->ch_rqueue) > + return -ENOMEM; > + } > + if (!ch->ch_equeue) { > + ch->ch_equeue = kzalloc(EQUEUESIZE, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!ch->ch_equeue) > + return -ENOMEM; > + } > + > + ch->ch_flags &= ~(CH_OPENING); Again, you are not opening right now. > + /* > + * Flush input queues. > + */ > + ch->ch_r_head = ch->ch_r_tail = 0; > + ch->ch_e_head = ch->ch_e_tail = 0; Are you sure this is ok for probe time? thanks, greg k-h