From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754693Ab1EGBVw (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 May 2011 21:21:52 -0400 Received: from e35.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.153]:41962 "EHLO e35.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754072Ab1EGBVH (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 May 2011 21:21:07 -0400 From: John Stultz To: lkml Cc: Wolfram Sang , Alessandro Zummo , Thomas Gleixner , rtc-linux@googlegroups.com, John Stultz Subject: [PATCH 03/11] rtc: ep93xx: Initialize drvdata before registering device Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 18:20:46 -0700 Message-Id: <1304731254-3238-4-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.3.2.146.gca209 In-Reply-To: <1304731254-3238-1-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org> References: <1304731254-3238-1-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Wolfram Sang 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: Alessandro Zummo CC: Thomas Gleixner CC: rtc-linux@googlegroups.com Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang [Fixed up commit log -jstultz] Signed-off-by: John Stultz --- drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c | 5 ++--- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c index 11ae64d..335551d 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return -ENXIO; pdev->dev.platform_data = ep93xx_rtc; + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc); rtc = rtc_device_register(pdev->name, &pdev->dev, &ep93xx_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE); @@ -159,8 +160,6 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) goto exit; } - platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc); - err = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &ep93xx_rtc_sysfs_files); if (err) goto fail; @@ -168,9 +167,9 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return 0; fail: - platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL); rtc_device_unregister(rtc); exit: + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL); pdev->dev.platform_data = NULL; return err; } -- 1.7.3.2.146.gca209