Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965246Ab2EOCph (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2012 22:45:37 -0400 Received: from mail.windriver.com ([147.11.1.11]:49731 "EHLO mail.windriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965216Ab2EOCRd (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2012 22:17:33 -0400 From: Paul Gortmaker To: , Subject: [34-longterm 114/179] hwmon: (max1111) Fix race condition causing NULL pointer exception Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 22:13:30 -0400 Message-ID: <1337048075-6132-115-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.6 In-Reply-To: <1337048075-6132-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> References: <1337048075-6132-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> 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: 2975 Lines: 90 From: Pavel Herrmann ------------------- This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment. ------------------- commit d3f684f2820a7f42acef68bea6622d9032127fb2 upstream. spi_sync call uses its spi_message parameter to keep completion information, using a drvdata structure is not thread-safe. Use a mutex to prevent multiple access to shared driver data. Signed-off-by: Pavel Herrmann Acked-by: Russell King Acked-by: Pavel Machek Acked-by: Marek Vasut Acked-by: Cyril Hrubis Tested-by: Stanislav Brabec Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker --- drivers/hwmon/max1111.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c b/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c index 12a54aa..14335bb 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ struct max1111_data { struct spi_transfer xfer[2]; uint8_t *tx_buf; uint8_t *rx_buf; + struct mutex drvdata_lock; + /* protect msg, xfer and buffers from multiple access */ }; static int max1111_read(struct device *dev, int channel) @@ -48,6 +50,9 @@ static int max1111_read(struct device *dev, int channel) uint8_t v1, v2; int err; + /* writing to drvdata struct is not thread safe, wait on mutex */ + mutex_lock(&data->drvdata_lock); + data->tx_buf[0] = (channel << MAX1111_CTRL_SEL_SH) | MAX1111_CTRL_PD0 | MAX1111_CTRL_PD1 | MAX1111_CTRL_SGL | MAX1111_CTRL_UNI | MAX1111_CTRL_STR; @@ -55,12 +60,15 @@ static int max1111_read(struct device *dev, int channel) err = spi_sync(data->spi, &data->msg); if (err < 0) { dev_err(dev, "spi_sync failed with %d\n", err); + mutex_unlock(&data->drvdata_lock); return err; } v1 = data->rx_buf[0]; v2 = data->rx_buf[1]; + mutex_unlock(&data->drvdata_lock); + if ((v1 & 0xc0) || (v2 & 0x3f)) return -EINVAL; @@ -176,6 +184,8 @@ static int __devinit max1111_probe(struct spi_device *spi) if (err) goto err_free_data; + mutex_init(&data->drvdata_lock); + data->spi = spi; spi_set_drvdata(spi, data); @@ -213,6 +223,7 @@ static int __devexit max1111_remove(struct spi_device *spi) hwmon_device_unregister(data->hwmon_dev); sysfs_remove_group(&spi->dev.kobj, &max1111_attr_group); + mutex_destroy(&data->drvdata_lock); kfree(data->rx_buf); kfree(data->tx_buf); kfree(data); -- 1.7.9.6 -- 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/