From: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com>
To: rafael@kernel.org, christian.loehle@arm.com, daniel.lezcano@linaro.org
Cc: aboorvad@linux.ibm.com, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/4] cpuidle: Fix crash with single idle state
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:20:01 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260216185005.1131593-1-aboorvad@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
When a cpuidle driver registers only a single idle state, the ladder
governor can compute an out-of-bounds index, leading to a NULL pointer
dereference in cpuidle_enter_state().
Patch 1 fixes this by adding a bail-out in cpuidle_select() that
bypasses the governor entirely when state_count <= 1.
Patches 2-4 remove the now-redundant single-state handling from the
haltpoll, teo, and menu governors.
v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260211053552.739337-1-aboorvad@linux.ibm.com/
v1 -> v2:
- Move fix to cpuidle_select() core bail-out instead of ladder governor
- Remove redundant single-state handling from menu, teo, haltpoll
Aboorva Devarajan (2):
cpuidle: Skip governor when only one idle state is available
cpuidle: haltpoll: Remove single state handling
Christian Loehle (2):
cpuidle: teo: Remove single state handling
cpuidle: menu: Remove single state handling
drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c | 10 ++++++++++
drivers/cpuidle/governors/haltpoll.c | 2 +-
drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c | 2 +-
drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c | 6 ------
4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
--
2.52.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-16 18:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-16 18:50 Aboorva Devarajan [this message]
2026-02-16 18:50 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] cpuidle: Skip governor when only one idle state is available Aboorva Devarajan
2026-02-17 14:36 ` Christian Loehle
2026-02-17 14:53 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-03-05 16:53 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-03-05 17:06 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-03-05 17:09 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-02-16 18:50 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] cpuidle: haltpoll: Remove single state handling Aboorva Devarajan
2026-02-17 14:37 ` Christian Loehle
2026-02-16 18:50 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] cpuidle: teo: " Aboorva Devarajan
2026-02-16 18:50 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] cpuidle: menu: " Aboorva Devarajan
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260216185005.1131593-1-aboorvad@linux.ibm.com \
--to=aboorvad@linux.ibm.com \
--cc=christian.loehle@arm.com \
--cc=daniel.lezcano@linaro.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-pm@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=rafael@kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®