Re: [PATCH] thermal: devfreq_cooling: use local ops instead of global ops

[Kant Fan <kant@allwinnertech.com>]

On 29/03/2022 14:59, Lukasz Luba wrote:
> 
> 
> On 3/25/22 09:44, Kant Fan wrote:
>> commit 7b62935828266658714f81d4e9176edad808dc70 upstream.
>>
>> Fix access illegal address problem in following condition:
>> There are muti devfreq cooling devices in system, some of them register
>> with dfc_power but other does not, power model ops such as state2power 
>> will
>> append to global devfreq_cooling_ops when the cooling device with
>> dfc_power register. It makes the cooling device without dfc_power
>> also use devfreq_cooling_ops after appending when register later by
>> of_devfreq_cooling_register_power() or of_devfreq_cooling_register().
>>
>> IPA governor regards the cooling devices without dfc_power as a power 
>> actor
>> because they also have power model ops, and will access illegal 
>> address at
>> dfc->power_ops when execute cdev->ops->get_requested_power or
>> cdev->ops->power2state. As the calltrace below shows:
>>
>> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
>> 00000008
>> ...
>> calltrace:
>> [<c06e5488>] devfreq_cooling_power2state+0x24/0x184
>> [<c06df420>] power_actor_set_power+0x54/0xa8
>> [<c06e3774>] power_allocator_throttle+0x770/0x97c
>> [<c06dd120>] handle_thermal_trip+0x1b4/0x26c
>> [<c06ddb48>] thermal_zone_device_update+0x154/0x208
>> [<c014159c>] process_one_work+0x1ec/0x36c
>> [<c0141c58>] worker_thread+0x204/0x2ec
>> [<c0146788>] kthread+0x140/0x154
>> [<c01010e8>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x2c
>>
>> Fixes: a76caf55e5b35 ("thermal: Add devfreq cooling")
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.4+
>> Signed-off-by: Kant Fan <kant@allwinnertech.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
>>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> Looks good. So this patch should be applied for all stable
> kernels starting from v4.4 to v5.12 (the v5.13 and later need
> other patch).
> 
> Next time you might use in the subject something like:
> [PATCH 4.4] thermal: devfreq_cooling: use local ops instead of global ops
> It would be better distinguished from your other patch with the
> same subject, which was for mainline and v5.13+

Hi Lukasz,
Thank you for the guidance. I want to know if I'm understanding you in a 
right way. Could you confirm the following information?

1. The stable patches
After the patch is merged into mainline later, I'll submit the following 
patches individually for v4.4 ~ v5.12:

[PATCH 4.4] thermal: devfreq_cooling: use local ops instead of global ops
[PATCH 4.5] thermal: devfreq_cooling: use local ops instead of global ops
...
[PATCH 5.12] thermal: devfreq_cooling: use local ops instead of global ops

And also the following patches individually for v5.13+ :
[PATCH 5.13] thermal: devfreq_cooling: use local ops instead of global ops
[PATCH 5.14] thermal: devfreq_cooling: use local ops instead of global ops
...
[PATCH 5.17] thermal: devfreq_cooling: use local ops instead of global ops

2. The mainline patch
I saw your mail with Rafael, seems there are conflicts... I wonder if 
there's anything wrong with my patch, or anything I can help?

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Best Regards,
Kant Fan