[PATCH 09/11] rtc: pcap: Initialize drvdata before registering device

From: John Stultz
Date: Fri May 06 2011 - 21:23:17 EST


Commit f44f7f96a20 ("RTC: Initialize kernel state from RTC") uncovered
an issue in a number of RTC drivers, where the drivers call
rtc_device_register before initializing the device or platform drvdata.

This frequently results in null pointer dereferences when the
rtc_device_register immediately makes use of the rtc device, calling
rtc_read_alarm.

The solution is to ensure the drvdata is initialized prior to registering
the rtc device.

CC: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: rtc-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-pcap.c | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcap.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcap.c
index a633abc..cd4f198 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcap.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcap.c
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ static int __devinit pcap_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

pcap_rtc->pcap = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent);

+ platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pcap_rtc);
+
pcap_rtc->rtc = rtc_device_register("pcap", &pdev->dev,
&pcap_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
if (IS_ERR(pcap_rtc->rtc)) {
@@ -158,7 +160,6 @@ static int __devinit pcap_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
goto fail_rtc;
}

- platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pcap_rtc);

timer_irq = pcap_to_irq(pcap_rtc->pcap, PCAP_IRQ_1HZ);
alarm_irq = pcap_to_irq(pcap_rtc->pcap, PCAP_IRQ_TODA);
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ fail_alarm:
fail_timer:
rtc_device_unregister(pcap_rtc->rtc);
fail_rtc:
+ platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
kfree(pcap_rtc);
return err;
}
--
1.7.3.2.146.gca209

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