Sudhir Sreedharan <ssreedharan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This can be reproduced by bind/unbind the driver multiple times > in AM3517 board. > > Analysis revealed that rtl8187_start() was invoked before probe > finishes(ie. before the mutex is initialized). > > INFO: trying to register non-static key. > the code is fine but needs lockdep annotation. > turning off the locking correctness validator. > CPU: 0 PID: 821 Comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 4.9.80-dirty #250 > Hardware name: Generic AM3517 (Flattened Device Tree) > [<c010e0d8>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c010beac>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) > [<c010beac>] (show_stack) from [<c017401c>] (register_lock_class+0x4f4/0x55c) > [<c017401c>] (register_lock_class) from [<c0176fe0>] (__lock_acquire+0x74/0x1938) > [<c0176fe0>] (__lock_acquire) from [<c0178cfc>] (lock_acquire+0xfc/0x23c) > [<c0178cfc>] (lock_acquire) from [<c08aa2f8>] (mutex_lock_nested+0x50/0x3b0) > [<c08aa2f8>] (mutex_lock_nested) from [<c05f5bf8>] (rtl8187_start+0x2c/0xd54) > [<c05f5bf8>] (rtl8187_start) from [<c082dea0>] (drv_start+0xa8/0x320) > [<c082dea0>] (drv_start) from [<c084d1d4>] (ieee80211_do_open+0x2bc/0x8e4) > [<c084d1d4>] (ieee80211_do_open) from [<c069be94>] (__dev_open+0xb8/0x120) > [<c069be94>] (__dev_open) from [<c069c11c>] (__dev_change_flags+0x88/0x14c) > [<c069c11c>] (__dev_change_flags) from [<c069c1f8>] (dev_change_flags+0x18/0x48) > [<c069c1f8>] (dev_change_flags) from [<c0710b08>] (devinet_ioctl+0x738/0x840) > [<c0710b08>] (devinet_ioctl) from [<c067925c>] (sock_ioctl+0x164/0x2f4) > [<c067925c>] (sock_ioctl) from [<c02883f8>] (do_vfs_ioctl+0x8c/0x9d0) > [<c02883f8>] (do_vfs_ioctl) from [<c0288da8>] (SyS_ioctl+0x6c/0x7c) > [<c0288da8>] (SyS_ioctl) from [<c0107760>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c) > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 > pgd = cd1ec000 > [00000000] *pgd=8d1de831, *pte=00000000, *ppte=00000000 > Internal error: Oops: 817 [#1] PREEMPT ARM > Modules linked in: > CPU: 0 PID: 821 Comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 4.9.80-dirty #250 > Hardware name: Generic AM3517 (Flattened Device Tree) > task: ce73eec0 task.stack: cd1ea000 > PC is at mutex_lock_nested+0xe8/0x3b0 > LR is at mutex_lock_nested+0xd0/0x3b0 > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Sudhir Sreedharan <ssreedharan@xxxxxxxxxx> Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks. 7972326a26b5 rtl8187: Fix NULL pointer dereference in priv->conf_mutex -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10220507/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches