Re: [PATCH v2 09/11] mfd: twl-core: Collect global variables behindone private structure (global)

From: Peter Ujfalusi
Date: Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:51:12 EST


On 02/08/2013 07:56 PM, Jon Hunter wrote:
>> /**
>> * twl_i2c_write - Writes a n bit register in TWL4030/TWL5030/TWL60X0
>> * @mod_no: module number
>> @@ -322,16 +323,17 @@ int twl_i2c_write(u8 mod_no, u8 *value, u8 reg, unsigned num_bytes)
>> pr_err("%s: invalid module number %d\n", DRIVER_NAME, mod_no);
>> return -EPERM;
>> }
>> - if (unlikely(!inuse)) {
>> + if (unlikely(!twl_priv->ready)) {
>
> This is causing the kernel to panic on all my omap2 boards when booting linux-next
> because twl_priv is not initialised yet.

Good catch.
I just wonder from where the twl_* call is coming on OMAP2. AFAIK the twl code
is for OMAP3/4, for OMAP2 Menelaus is the one which is used.
I'm currently working on to remove all those twl_* calls from random places in
the kernel so we will only access twl via the MFD stack.

>
>> pr_err("%s: not initialized\n", DRIVER_NAME);
>> return -EPERM;
>> }
>>
>> - sid = twl_map[mod_no].sid;
>> - twl = &twl_modules[sid];
>> + sid = twl_priv->twl_map[mod_no].sid;
>> + twl = &twl_priv->twl_modules[sid];
>>
>> - ret = regmap_bulk_write(twl->regmap, twl_map[mod_no].base + reg,
>> - value, num_bytes);
>> + ret = regmap_bulk_write(twl->regmap,
>> + twl_priv->twl_map[mod_no].base + reg, value,
>> + num_bytes);
>>
>> if (ret)
>> pr_err("%s: Write failed (mod %d, reg 0x%02x count %d)\n",
>> @@ -360,16 +362,17 @@ int twl_i2c_read(u8 mod_no, u8 *value, u8 reg, unsigned num_bytes)
>> pr_err("%s: invalid module number %d\n", DRIVER_NAME, mod_no);
>> return -EPERM;
>> }
>> - if (unlikely(!inuse)) {
>> + if (unlikely(!twl_priv->ready)) {
>
> Same problem here.
>
> Here is a fix ...
>
> From 141fcbbdee6bdc14d5a444ff20fad6b3440215dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jon Hunter <jon-hunter@xxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 12:42:20 -0600
> Subject: [PATCH] ARM: OMAP2+: Fix kernel panic on boot
>
> Commit 8a6aaa3 (mfd: twl-core: Collect global variables behind one
> private structure (global)) removed the variable "inuse" that is used
> to determine if the device has been initialised and now use the
> twl_priv structure instead. This is causing the kernel to panic on all
> OMAP2+ devices, because we try to access the twl_priv->ready member
> before checking if twl_priv is initialised. Fix this and move this test
> to the beginning of the twl_i2c_read/write function because
> twl_get_last_module() also uses the twl_priv structure.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Hunter <jon-hunter@xxxxxx>

Acked-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/mfd/twl-core.c | 16 ++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
> index 557f9ee..89ab4d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
> @@ -316,12 +316,12 @@ int twl_i2c_write(u8 mod_no, u8 *value, u8 reg, unsigned num_bytes)
> int sid;
> struct twl_client *twl;
>
> - if (unlikely(mod_no >= twl_get_last_module())) {
> - pr_err("%s: invalid module number %d\n", DRIVER_NAME, mod_no);
> + if (unlikely(!twl_priv || !twl_priv->ready)) {
> + pr_err("%s: not initialized\n", DRIVER_NAME);
> return -EPERM;
> }
> - if (unlikely(!twl_priv->ready)) {
> - pr_err("%s: not initialized\n", DRIVER_NAME);
> + if (unlikely(mod_no >= twl_get_last_module())) {
> + pr_err("%s: invalid module number %d\n", DRIVER_NAME, mod_no);
> return -EPERM;
> }
>
> @@ -355,12 +355,12 @@ int twl_i2c_read(u8 mod_no, u8 *value, u8 reg, unsigned num_bytes)
> int sid;
> struct twl_client *twl;
>
> - if (unlikely(mod_no >= twl_get_last_module())) {
> - pr_err("%s: invalid module number %d\n", DRIVER_NAME, mod_no);
> + if (unlikely(!twl_priv || !twl_priv->ready)) {
> + pr_err("%s: not initialized\n", DRIVER_NAME);
> return -EPERM;
> }
> - if (unlikely(!twl_priv->ready)) {
> - pr_err("%s: not initialized\n", DRIVER_NAME);
> + if (unlikely(mod_no >= twl_get_last_module())) {
> + pr_err("%s: invalid module number %d\n", DRIVER_NAME, mod_no);
> return -EPERM;
> }
>
>


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