From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754804Ab1EGBVz (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 May 2011 21:21:55 -0400 Received: from e2.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.142]:43073 "EHLO e2.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754399Ab1EGBVg (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 May 2011 21:21:36 -0400 From: John Stultz To: lkml Cc: John Stultz , Wolfram Sang , Alessandro Zummo , Thomas Gleixner , rtc-linux@googlegroups.com Subject: [PATCH 04/11] rtc: ds1286: Initialize drvdata before registering device Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 18:20:47 -0700 Message-Id: <1304731254-3238-5-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 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 CC: Alessandro Zummo CC: Thomas Gleixner CC: rtc-linux@googlegroups.com Signed-off-by: John Stultz --- drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c index 60ce696..47e681d 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c @@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ static int __devinit ds1286_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) goto out; } spin_lock_init(&priv->lock); + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv); rtc = rtc_device_register("ds1286", &pdev->dev, &ds1286_ops, THIS_MODULE); if (IS_ERR(rtc)) { @@ -362,7 +363,6 @@ static int __devinit ds1286_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) goto out; } priv->rtc = rtc; - platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv); return 0; out: -- 1.7.3.2.146.gca209