Hi Alexander, Thanks for patch. We will look into it if there is any corner case Such as plug in/out while operations. Woojung > -----Original Message----- > From: Alexander Graf [mailto:agraf@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 10:55 AM > To: Woojung Huh - C21699 <Woojung.Huh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: UNGLinuxDriver <UNGLinuxDriver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Thomas Bogendoerfer > <tbogendoerfer@xxxxxxx>; Phil Elwell <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH] lan78xx: Connect phy early > > When using wicked with a lan78xx device attached to the system, we > end up with ethtool commands issued on the device before an ifup > got issued. That lead to the following crash: > > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000039c > pgd = ffff800035b30000 > [0000039c] *pgd=0000000000000000 > Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP > Modules linked in: [...] > Supported: Yes > CPU: 3 PID: 638 Comm: wickedd Tainted: G E 4.12.14-0-default #1 > Hardware name: raspberrypi rpi/rpi, BIOS 2018.03-rc2 02/21/2018 > task: ffff800035e74180 task.stack: ffff800036718000 > PC is at phy_ethtool_ksettings_get+0x20/0x98 > LR is at lan78xx_get_link_ksettings+0x44/0x60 [lan78xx] > pc : [<ffff0000086f7f30>] lr : [<ffff000000dcca84>] pstate: 20000005 > sp : ffff80003671bb20 > x29: ffff80003671bb20 x28: ffff800035e74180 > x27: ffff000008912000 x26: 000000000000001d > x25: 0000000000000124 x24: ffff000008f74d00 > x23: 0000004000114809 x22: 0000000000000000 > x21: ffff80003671bbd0 x20: 0000000000000000 > x19: ffff80003671bbd0 x18: 000000000000040d > x17: 0000000000000001 x16: 0000000000000000 > x15: 0000000000000000 x14: ffffffffffffffff > x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000020 > x11: 0101010101010101 x10: fefefefefefefeff > x9 : 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f x8 : fefefeff31677364 > x7 : 0000000080808080 x6 : ffff80003671bc9c > x5 : ffff80003671b9f8 x4 : ffff80002c296190 > x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000 > x1 : ffff80003671bbd0 x0 : ffff80003671bc00 > Process wickedd (pid: 638, stack limit = 0xffff800036718000) > Call trace: > Exception stack(0xffff80003671b9e0 to 0xffff80003671bb20) > b9e0: ffff80003671bc00 ffff80003671bbd0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > ba00: ffff80002c296190 ffff80003671b9f8 ffff80003671bc9c 0000000080808080 > ba20: fefefeff31677364 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f fefefefefefefeff 0101010101010101 > ba40: 0000000000000020 0000000000000000 ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 > ba60: 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 000000000000040d ffff80003671bbd0 > ba80: 0000000000000000 ffff80003671bbd0 0000000000000000 0000004000114809 > baa0: ffff000008f74d00 0000000000000124 000000000000001d ffff000008912000 > bac0: ffff800035e74180 ffff80003671bb20 ffff000000dcca84 ffff80003671bb20 > bae0: ffff0000086f7f30 0000000020000005 ffff80002c296000 ffff800035223900 > bb00: 0000ffffffffffff 0000000000000000 ffff80003671bb20 ffff0000086f7f30 > [<ffff0000086f7f30>] phy_ethtool_ksettings_get+0x20/0x98 > [<ffff000000dcca84>] lan78xx_get_link_ksettings+0x44/0x60 [lan78xx] > [<ffff0000087cbc40>] ethtool_get_settings+0x68/0x210 > [<ffff0000087cc0d4>] dev_ethtool+0x214/0x2180 > [<ffff0000087e5008>] dev_ioctl+0x400/0x630 > [<ffff00000879dd00>] sock_do_ioctl+0x70/0x88 > [<ffff00000879f5f8>] sock_ioctl+0x208/0x368 > [<ffff0000082cde10>] do_vfs_ioctl+0xb0/0x848 > [<ffff0000082ce634>] SyS_ioctl+0x8c/0xa8 > Exception stack(0xffff80003671bec0 to 0xffff80003671c000) > bec0: 0000000000000009 0000000000008946 0000fffff4e841d0 0000aa0032687465 > bee0: 0000aaaafa2319d4 0000fffff4e841d4 0000000032687465 0000000032687465 > bf00: 000000000000001d 7f7fff7f7f7f7f7f 72606b622e71ff4c 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f > bf20: 0101010101010101 0000000000000020 ffffffffffffffff 0000ffff7f510c68 > bf40: 0000ffff7f6a9d18 0000ffff7f44ce30 000000000000040d 0000ffff7f6f98f0 > bf60: 0000fffff4e842c0 0000000000000001 0000aaaafa2c2e00 0000ffff7f6ab000 > bf80: 0000fffff4e842c0 0000ffff7f62a000 0000aaaafa2b9f20 0000aaaafa2c2e00 > bfa0: 0000fffff4e84818 0000fffff4e841a0 0000ffff7f5ad0cc 0000fffff4e841a0 > bfc0: 0000ffff7f44ce3c 0000000080000000 0000000000000009 000000000000001d > bfe0: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 > > The culprit is quite simple: The driver tries to access the phy left and right, > but only actually has a working reference to it when the device is up. > > The fix thus is quite simple too: Get a reference to the phy on probe already > and keep it even when the device is going down. > > With this patch applied, I can successfully run wicked on my system and bring > the interface up and down as many times as I want, without getting NULL pointer > dereferences in between. > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@xxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c | 21 ++++++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c > index 60a604cc7647..931cc124ab0c 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c > @@ -2082,8 +2082,6 @@ static int lan78xx_phy_init(struct lan78xx_net *dev) > > dev->fc_autoneg = phydev->autoneg; > > - phy_start(phydev); > - > netif_dbg(dev, ifup, dev->net, "phy initialised successfully"); > > return 0; > @@ -2512,9 +2510,7 @@ static int lan78xx_open(struct net_device *net) > if (ret < 0) > goto done; > > - ret = lan78xx_phy_init(dev); > - if (ret < 0) > - goto done; > + phy_start(net->phydev); > > /* for Link Check */ > if (dev->urb_intr) { > @@ -2575,13 +2571,7 @@ static int lan78xx_stop(struct net_device *net) > if (timer_pending(&dev->stat_monitor)) > del_timer_sync(&dev->stat_monitor); > > - phy_unregister_fixup_for_uid(PHY_KSZ9031RNX, 0xfffffff0); > - phy_unregister_fixup_for_uid(PHY_LAN8835, 0xfffffff0); > - > phy_stop(net->phydev); > - phy_disconnect(net->phydev); > - > - net->phydev = NULL; > > clear_bit(EVENT_DEV_OPEN, &dev->flags); > netif_stop_queue(net); > @@ -3481,6 +3471,11 @@ static void lan78xx_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf) > net = dev->net; > unregister_netdev(net); > > + phy_unregister_fixup_for_uid(PHY_KSZ9031RNX, 0xfffffff0); > + phy_unregister_fixup_for_uid(PHY_LAN8835, 0xfffffff0); > + > + phy_disconnect(net->phydev); > + > cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev->wq); > > usb_scuttle_anchored_urbs(&dev->deferred); > @@ -3634,6 +3629,10 @@ static int lan78xx_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, > pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(&udev->dev, > DEFAULT_AUTOSUSPEND_DELAY); > > + ret = lan78xx_phy_init(dev); > + if (ret < 0) > + return ret; > + > return 0; > > out3: > -- > 2.12.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html