From: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>
To: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: krzysztof.h1@wp.pl, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] atmel_lcdfb: Fix oops in rmmod when framebuffer fail to register
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:24:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48C0DE90.5060505@atmel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200809031536.50390.stf_xl@wp.pl>
Stanislaw Gruszka :
> If framebuffer registration failed in platform driver ->probe() callback,
> dev_get_drvdata() points to freed memory region, but ->remove()
> function try to use it and the following oops occurs:
[..]
> This patch fix oops.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>
> CC: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>
Feel free to add :
Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>
> ---
> drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c | 10 ++++++----
> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c b/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
> index a471a60..3376f35 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
> @@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ static int __init atmel_lcdfb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> ret = register_framebuffer(info);
> if (ret < 0) {
> dev_err(dev, "failed to register framebuffer device: %d\n", ret);
> - goto free_cmap;
> + goto reset_drvdata;
> }
>
> /* add selected videomode to modelist */
> @@ -955,7 +955,8 @@ static int __init atmel_lcdfb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> return 0;
>
> -
> +reset_drvdata:
> + dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
> free_cmap:
> fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
> unregister_irqs:
> @@ -992,10 +993,11 @@ static int __exit atmel_lcdfb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> struct fb_info *info = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> - struct atmel_lcdfb_info *sinfo = info->par;
> + struct atmel_lcdfb_info *sinfo;
>
> - if (!sinfo)
> + if (!info || !info->par)
> return 0;
> + sinfo = info->par;
>
> cancel_work_sync(&sinfo->task);
> exit_backlight(sinfo);
--
Nicolas Ferre
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-05 7:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-03 13:36 [PATCH 1/2] atmel_lcdfb: Fix oops in rmmod when framebuffer fail to register Stanislaw Gruszka
2008-09-03 18:51 ` Krzysztof Helt
2008-09-05 7:24 ` Nicolas Ferre [this message]
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