Re: [PATCH 00/15] atmel_mxt_ts - device tree, bootloader, etc

[Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>]

On 07/29/2014 01:26 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 07/29/2014 11:06 AM, Nick Dyer wrote:
>> On 29/07/14 17:16, Stephen Warren wrote:
...
>>> I also found that removing the module (even without attempting a FW
>>> update) yields:
>>>
>>> After attempted FW update via sysfs:
>>>
>>>> root@localhost:~# rmmod ./atmel_mxt_ts.ko
>>>> [   81.995672] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
>>>> virtual address 00000364
>>
>> Not good. It's trying to free an input device which isn't registered at
>> that point. In a later patch in my series I add a guard around that
>> (mxt_free_input_device):
>> https://github.com/ndyer/linux/commit/bb4800ff8c185
>
> It looks like 8d01a84b86b0 "Input: atmel_mxt_ts - implement T100 touch
> object support" from that branch is what solves the issue.
>
> Ah, in linux-next, it's simply a double-unregister; both mxt_remove()
> and mxt_free_object_table() call
> input_unregister_device(data->input_dev). I think it would make sense to
> send the following patch for 3.17. Do you agree?

Nick, I see the fix below isn't in linux-next as of next-20140829. IIRC, 
you'd sent the patch below but there had been some comments on it by 
Dmitry. Unfortunately, I don't recall the patch subject to search for 
it. Anyway, are you planning on re-spinning the patch so it can be applied?

> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
> b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
> index 03b85711cb70..da497dbf9735 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
> @@ -1353,8 +1353,10 @@ static int mxt_get_info(struct mxt_data *data)
>
>   static void mxt_free_object_table(struct mxt_data *data)
>   {
> -    input_unregister_device(data->input_dev);
> -    data->input_dev = NULL;
> +    if (data->input_dev) {
> +        input_unregister_device(data->input_dev);
> +        data->input_dev = NULL;
> +    }
>
>       kfree(data->object_table);
>       data->object_table = NULL;
> @@ -2194,7 +2196,6 @@ static int mxt_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
>
>       sysfs_remove_group(&client->dev.kobj, &mxt_attr_group);
>       free_irq(data->irq, data);
> -    input_unregister_device(data->input_dev);
>       mxt_free_object_table(data);
>       kfree(data);