From: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
To: greg@kroah.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] memrar: Address kernel oops during resource cleanup
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:32:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100719083212.7357.28472.stgit@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
From: Ossama Othman <ossama.othman@intel.com>
Some delayed initialization is performed in this driver. Make sure
resources that are used during driver clean-up (e.g. during driver's
release() function) are fully initialized before first use. This is
particularly important for the case when the delayed initialization
isn't completed, leaving behind a partially initialized driver.
Such a scenario can occur when RAR is not available on the platform,
and the driver is release()d.
Signed-off-by: Ossama Othman <ossama.othman@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
---
drivers/staging/memrar/memrar_handler.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/memrar/memrar_handler.c b/drivers/staging/memrar/memrar_handler.c
index 5fe6028..a98b3f1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/memrar/memrar_handler.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/memrar/memrar_handler.c
@@ -278,15 +278,6 @@ static int memrar_init_rar_resources(int rarnum, char const *devname)
BUG_ON(!memrar_is_valid_rar_type(rarnum));
BUG_ON(rar->allocated);
- mutex_init(&rar->lock);
-
- /*
- * Initialize the process table before we reach any
- * code that exit on failure since the finalization
- * code requires an initialized list.
- */
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rar->buffers.list);
-
if (rar_get_address(rarnum, &low, &high) != 0)
/* No RAR is available. */
return -ENODEV;
@@ -940,9 +931,28 @@ static int memrar_registration_callback(unsigned long rar)
static int __init memrar_init(void)
{
int err;
+ int i;
printk(banner);
+ /*
+ * Some delayed initialization is performed in this driver.
+ * Make sure resources that are used during driver clean-up
+ * (e.g. during driver's release() function) are fully
+ * initialized before first use. This is particularly
+ * important for the case when the delayed initialization
+ * isn't completed, leaving behind a partially initialized
+ * driver.
+ *
+ * Such a scenario can occur when RAR is not available on the
+ * platform, and the driver is release()d.
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i != ARRAY_SIZE(memrars); ++i) {
+ struct memrar_rar_info * const rar = &memrars[i];
+ mutex_init(&rar->lock);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rar->buffers.list);
+ }
+
err = misc_register(&memrar_miscdev);
if (err)
return err;
next reply other threads:[~2010-07-19 9:03 UTC|newest]
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2010-07-19 8:32 Alan Cox [this message]
2010-07-19 8:32 ` [PATCH 2/2] memrar: Updated maintainer contact information Alan Cox
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