Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 6b6b6bcb(v4l2_device_disconnect+0x11/0x30)

From: Yang Ruirui
Date: Mon Sep 05 2011 - 09:53:46 EST

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> On Monday, September 05, 2011 11:59:03 Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > Hi Hans,
> >
> > On Friday 02 September 2011 09:29:08 Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 01:35:49PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Dave Young wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:10 AM, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 05:02:51PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> > > > > > > > I managed to produce an oops in 3.1.0-rc3-00270-g7a54f5e by
> > > > > > > > unplugging a
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > USB webcam. See below:
> > > > > > > Could you try the attached patch?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This patch fixed the oops but extending the sequence (enable
> > > > > > camera, start cheese, disable camera, watch cheese pause,
> > > > > > enable camera, quit cheese, start cheese) causes the following
> > > > > > "poison overwritten" warning
> > > > >
> > > > > > to appear:
> > > > > It seems another bug, I can reproduce this as well.
> > > > >
> > > > > uvc_device is freed in uvc_delete,
> > > > >
> > > > > struct v4l2_device vdev is the member of struct uvc_device, so
> > > > > vdev is also freed. Later v4l2_device operations on vdev will
> > > > > overwrite the poison memory area.
> > > >
> > > > Please try attached patch on top of previous one,Â in this patch I
> > > > move v4l2_device_put after vdev->release in function
> > > > v4l2_device_release
> > > >
> > > > Not sure if this is a right fix, comments?
> >
> > (inlining the patch's contents)
> >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
> > > > b/drivers/media/video/v4l2- dev.c
> > > > index 98cee19..541dba3 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
> > > > @@ -172,13 +172,14 @@ static void v4l2_device_release(struct
> > > > device *cd)ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ media_device_unregister_entity(&vdev->entity);
> > > > #endif
> > > >
> > > > +ÂÂÂ /* Decrease v4l2_device refcount */
> > > > +ÂÂÂ if (vdev->v4l2_dev)
> > > > +ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ v4l2_device_put(vdev->v4l2_dev);
> > > > +
> > > > ÂÂÂ /* Release video_device and perform other
> > > > ÂÂÂ Â Â cleanups as needed. */
> > > > ÂÂÂ vdev->release(vdev);
> > > >
> > > > -ÂÂÂ /* Decrease v4l2_device refcount */
> > > > -ÂÂÂ if (vdev->v4l2_dev)
> > > > -ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ v4l2_device_put(vdev->v4l2_dev);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > static struct class video_class = {
> >
> > v4l2_device_put() got introduced in commit
> > bedf8bcf6b4f90a6e31add3721a2e71877289381 ("v4l2-device: add kref and a
> > releaseÂ function"). If I understand its purpose correctly, drivers
> > that use aÂ v4l2_device instance should use the v4l2_device release
> > callback to releaseÂ device structures instead of counting
> > video_device release callbacks manually.Â In that case I think the
> > v4l2-dev.c code is correct, and all drivers that useÂ v4l2_device
> > should be fixed.
> >
> > The above patch fixes the problem in a central location, but seems to
> > defeatÂ the original purpose of v4l2_device_get/put().
> >
> > Hans, could you please comment on that ?
>
> The original order is correct, but what I missed is that for drivers
> that release (free) everything in the videodev release callback the
> v4l2_device struct is also freed and v4l2_device_put will fail.
>
> To fix this, add this code just before the vdev->release call:
>
> ÂÂÂ /* Do not call v4l2_device_put if there is no release callback set. */
> ÂÂÂ if (v4l2_dev->release == NULL)
> ÂÂÂ ÂÂÂ v4l2_dev = NULL;
>
> If there is no release callback, then the refcounting is pointless
> anyway.
>
> This should work.
>

thanks, will test tommorrow
> Regards,
>
> ÂÂÂ Hans
>
> >
> > > >
> > > > > > [Â 191.240695] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device CNF7129
> > > > > > (04f2:b071) [Â 191.277965] input: CNF7129 as
> > > > > > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/input/input9
> > > > > > [ 220.287366]
> > > > > > =====================================================================
> > > > > > ======== [Â 220.287379] BUG kmalloc-512: Poison overwritten
> > > > > > [Â 220.287384]
> > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > -------- [Â 220.287387]
> > > > > > [Â 220.287394] INFO: 0xec90f150-0xec90f150. First byte 0x6a
> > > > > > instead of 0x6b [Â 220.287410] INFO: Allocated in
> > > > > > uvc_probe+0x54/0xd50 age=210617 cpu=0 pid=16 [Â 220.287421]
> > > > > > T.974+0x29d/0x5e0 [Â 220.287427]Â kmem_cache_alloc+0x167/0x180
> > > > > > [Â 220.287433]Â uvc_probe+0x54/0xd50
> > > > > > [Â 220.287441]Â usb_probe_interface+0xd5/0x1d0
> > > > > > [Â 220.287448]Â driver_probe_device+0x80/0x1a0
> > > > > > [Â 220.287455]Â __device_attach+0x41/0x50
> > > > > > [Â 220.287460]Â bus_for_each_drv+0x53/0x80
> > > > > > [Â 220.287466]Â device_attach+0x89/0xa0
> > > > > > [Â 220.287472]Â bus_probe_device+0x25/0x40
> > > > > > [Â 220.287478]Â device_add+0x5a9/0x660
> > > > > > [Â 220.287484]Â usb_set_configuration+0x562/0x670
> > > > > > [Â 220.287491]Â generic_probe+0x36/0x90
> > > > > > [Â 220.287497]Â usb_probe_device+0x24/0x50
> > > > > > [Â 220.287503]Â driver_probe_device+0x80/0x1a0
> > > > > > [Â 220.287509]Â __device_attach+0x41/0x50
> > > > > > [Â 220.287515]Â bus_for_each_drv+0x53/0x80
> > > > > > [Â 220.287522] INFO: Freed in uvc_delete+0xfe/0x110 age=22
> > > > > > cpu=0 pid=1645 [Â 220.287530]Â __slab_free+0x1f8/0x300
> > > > > > [Â 220.287536]Â kfree+0x100/0x140
> > > > > > [Â 220.287541]Â uvc_delete+0xfe/0x110
> > > > > > [Â 220.287547]Â uvc_release+0x25/0x30
> > > > > > [Â 220.287555]Â v4l2_device_release+0x9d/0xc0
> > > > > > [Â 220.287560]Â device_release+0x19/0x90
> > > > > > [Â 220.287567]Â kobject_release+0x3c/0x90
> > > > > > [Â 220.287573]Â kref_put+0x2c/0x60
> > > > > > [Â 220.287578]Â kobject_put+0x1d/0x50
> > > > > > [Â 220.287587]Â put_device+0xf/0x20
> > > > > > [Â 220.287593]Â v4l2_release+0x56/0x60
> > > > > > [Â 220.287599]Â fput+0xcc/0x220
> > > > > > [Â 220.287605]Â filp_close+0x44/0x70
> > > > > > [Â 220.287613]Â put_files_struct+0x158/0x180
> > > > > > [Â 220.287619]Â exit_files+0x40/0x50
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >

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