The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 4b639e254d3d4f15ee4ff2b890a447204cfbeea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Micha=C5=82=20Miros=C5=82aw?= <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 01:20:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] regulator: avoid resolve_supply() infinite recursion MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit When a regulator's name equals its supply's name the regulator_resolve_supply() recurses indefinitely. Add a check so that debugging the problem is easier. The "fixed" commit just exposed the problem. Fixes: aea6cb99703e ("regulator: resolve supply after creating regulator") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reported-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # stpmic1 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/c6171057cfc0896f950c4d8cb82df0f9f1b89ad9.1605226675.git.mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c index 84dd0aea97c5..d3b96efa20fd 100644 --- a/drivers/regulator/core.c +++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c @@ -1841,6 +1841,12 @@ static int regulator_resolve_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev) } } + if (r == rdev) { + dev_err(dev, "Supply for %s (%s) resolved to itself\n", + rdev->desc->name, rdev->supply_name); + return -EINVAL; + } + /* * If the supply's parent device is not the same as the * regulator's parent device, then ensure the parent device