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PM / devfreq: Return -ENODEV from try_then_request_governor

Message ID 20190423081158.29859-1-tomeu.vizoso@collabora.com
State New
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Series PM / devfreq: Return -ENODEV from try_then_request_governor | expand

Commit Message

Tomeu Vizoso April 23, 2019, 8:11 a.m. UTC
Callers don't expect it to return NULL, but an error code.

Fixes Oops such as the one below, when one tries to set a governor that
isn't available:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000018

[<c0dcf718>] (governor_store) from [<c0539558>] (kernfs_fop_write+0x100/0x1e0)
[<c0539558>] (kernfs_fop_write) from [<c04b09b4>] (__vfs_write+0x2c/0x17c)
[<c04b09b4>] (__vfs_write) from [<c04b33fc>] (vfs_write+0xa4/0x184)
[<c04b33fc>] (vfs_write) from [<c04b361c>] (ksys_write+0x4c/0xac)
[<c04b361c>] (ksys_write) from [<c0301000>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x28)

Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@collabora.com>

Fixes: 23c7b54ca1cd ("PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when drivers are built as modules.")
Reported-by: Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>
Cc: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>
---
 drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.20.1

Comments

Enric Balletbo i Serra April 23, 2019, 9:55 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Tomeu,

On 23/4/19 10:11, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> Callers don't expect it to return NULL, but an error code.

> 

> Fixes Oops such as the one below, when one tries to set a governor that

> isn't available:

> 

> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000018

> 

> [<c0dcf718>] (governor_store) from [<c0539558>] (kernfs_fop_write+0x100/0x1e0)

> [<c0539558>] (kernfs_fop_write) from [<c04b09b4>] (__vfs_write+0x2c/0x17c)

> [<c04b09b4>] (__vfs_write) from [<c04b33fc>] (vfs_write+0xa4/0x184)

> [<c04b33fc>] (vfs_write) from [<c04b361c>] (ksys_write+0x4c/0xac)

> [<c04b361c>] (ksys_write) from [<c0301000>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x28)

> 

> Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@collabora.com>

> Fixes: 23c7b54ca1cd ("PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when drivers are built as modules.")

> Reported-by: Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>

> Cc: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>

> ---


There is already a fix for that. The fix was initially sent in October [2] but
unfortunately it got lost. I resend and now is queued [1]. Hopefully the Fixes
tag will help to pick the fix to the proper kernel releases.

Thanks,
 Enric

[1]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mzx/devfreq.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=b53b0128052ffd687797d5f4deeb76327e7b5711

[2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/16/744

>  drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 2 +-

>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

> 

> diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c

> index 0ae3de76833b..5539e9be718d 100644

> --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c

> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c

> @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name)

>  		/* Restore previous state before return */

>  		mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock);

>  		if (err)

> -			return NULL;

> +			return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);

>  

>  		governor = find_devfreq_governor(name);

>  	}

>
Tomeu Vizoso April 24, 2019, 5:34 a.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 11:56, Enric Balletbo i Serra
<enric.balletbo@collabora.com> wrote:
>

> Hi Tomeu,

>

> On 23/4/19 10:11, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:

> > Callers don't expect it to return NULL, but an error code.

> >

> > Fixes Oops such as the one below, when one tries to set a governor that

> > isn't available:

> >

> > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000018

> >

> > [<c0dcf718>] (governor_store) from [<c0539558>] (kernfs_fop_write+0x100/0x1e0)

> > [<c0539558>] (kernfs_fop_write) from [<c04b09b4>] (__vfs_write+0x2c/0x17c)

> > [<c04b09b4>] (__vfs_write) from [<c04b33fc>] (vfs_write+0xa4/0x184)

> > [<c04b33fc>] (vfs_write) from [<c04b361c>] (ksys_write+0x4c/0xac)

> > [<c04b361c>] (ksys_write) from [<c0301000>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x28)

> >

> > Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@collabora.com>

> > Fixes: 23c7b54ca1cd ("PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when drivers are built as modules.")

> > Reported-by: Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>

> > Cc: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>

> > ---

>

> There is already a fix for that. The fix was initially sent in October [2] but

> unfortunately it got lost. I resend and now is queued [1]. Hopefully the Fixes

> tag will help to pick the fix to the proper kernel releases.


Actually, Steve Price sent a third patch for this same issue.

Glad to read that it's being merged.

Thanks,

Tomeu



> Thanks,

>  Enric

>

> [1]

> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mzx/devfreq.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=b53b0128052ffd687797d5f4deeb76327e7b5711

>

> [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/16/744

>

> >  drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 2 +-

> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

> >

> > diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c

> > index 0ae3de76833b..5539e9be718d 100644

> > --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c

> > +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c

> > @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name)

> >               /* Restore previous state before return */

> >               mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock);

> >               if (err)

> > -                     return NULL;

> > +                     return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);

> >

> >               governor = find_devfreq_governor(name);

> >       }

> >
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diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 0ae3de76833b..5539e9be718d 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@  static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name)
 		/* Restore previous state before return */
 		mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock);
 		if (err)
-			return NULL;
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
 		governor = find_devfreq_governor(name);
 	}