Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161598Ab3FVADq (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:03:46 -0400 Received: from arroyo.ext.ti.com ([192.94.94.40]:58403 "EHLO arroyo.ext.ti.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161521Ab3FVADo (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:03:44 -0400 From: Joel A Fernandes To: Tony Lindgren , Sekhar Nori , Matt Porter , Grant Likely , Rob Herring , Vinod Koul , Mark Brown , Benoit Cousson , Russell King , Rob Landley , Andrew Morton , Jason Kridner , Koen Kooi CC: Devicetree Discuss , Linux OMAP List , Linux ARM Kernel List , Linux DaVinci Kernel List , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Documentation List , Linux MMC List , Linux SPI Devel List , Arnd Bergmann , Sekhar Nori , Joel A Fernandes Subject: [PATCH] ARM: common: edma: Fix dangling pointer dereference Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:02:48 -0500 Message-ID: <1371859368-16063-1-git-send-email-joelagnel@ti.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2233 Lines: 67 Returning a pointer to a variable in the setup_from_dt function is causing dangling pointer dereferences. This causes boot to fail on AM33XX. Add ninfo to the caller's stack and just return the kzalloc'ed ptr from the calling function. Seen on linux-davinci/soc-v2 branch. Cc: Sekhar Nori Signed-off-by: Joel A Fernandes --- arch/arm/common/edma.c | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/common/edma.c b/arch/arm/common/edma.c index 2b591b1..f913e82 100644 --- a/arch/arm/common/edma.c +++ b/arch/arm/common/edma.c @@ -1514,10 +1514,9 @@ static struct of_dma_filter_info edma_filter_info = { .filter_fn = edma_filter_fn, }; -static struct edma_soc_info **edma_setup_info_from_dt(struct device *dev, +static struct edma_soc_info *edma_setup_info_from_dt(struct device *dev, struct device_node *node) { - static struct edma_soc_info **info; struct edma_soc_info *ninfo; int ret; @@ -1539,9 +1538,7 @@ static struct edma_soc_info **edma_setup_info_from_dt(struct device *dev, of_dma_controller_register(dev->of_node, of_dma_simple_xlate, &edma_filter_info); - info = &ninfo; - - return info; + return ninfo; } #else static struct edma_soc_info **edma_setup_info_from_dt(struct device *dev, @@ -1554,6 +1551,7 @@ static struct edma_soc_info **edma_setup_info_from_dt(struct device *dev, static int edma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) { struct edma_soc_info **info = pdev->dev.platform_data; + struct edma_soc_info *ninfo[EDMA_MAX_CC] = {NULL}; s8 (*queue_priority_mapping)[2]; s8 (*queue_tc_mapping)[2]; int i, j, off, ln, found = 0; @@ -1572,7 +1570,7 @@ static int edma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) int ret; if (node) { - info = edma_setup_info_from_dt(dev, node); + ninfo[0] = edma_setup_info_from_dt(dev, node); if (IS_ERR(info)) { dev_err(dev, "failed to get DT data\n"); return PTR_ERR(info); -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/