[PATCH 411/524] memrar: Address kernel oops during resource cleanup
Greg Kroah-Hartman
gregkh at suse.de
Thu Aug 5 15:23:14 PDT 2010
From: Ossama Othman <ossama.othman at intel.com>
Some delayed initialization is performed in this driver. Make sure
resources that are used during driver clean-up (e.g. during driver's
release() function) are fully initialized before first use. This is
particularly important for the case when the delayed initialization
isn't completed, leaving behind a partially initialized driver.
Such a scenario can occur when RAR is not available on the platform,
and the driver is release()d.
Signed-off-by: Ossama Othman <ossama.othman at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan at linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at suse.de>
---
drivers/staging/memrar/memrar_handler.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/memrar/memrar_handler.c b/drivers/staging/memrar/memrar_handler.c
index 22208cd..dd5d2c8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/memrar/memrar_handler.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/memrar/memrar_handler.c
@@ -279,15 +279,6 @@ static int memrar_init_rar_resources(int rarnum, char const *devname)
BUG_ON(!memrar_is_valid_rar_type(rarnum));
BUG_ON(rar->allocated);
- mutex_init(&rar->lock);
-
- /*
- * Initialize the process table before we reach any
- * code that exit on failure since the finalization
- * code requires an initialized list.
- */
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rar->buffers.list);
-
if (rar_get_address(rarnum, &low, &high) != 0)
/* No RAR is available. */
return -ENODEV;
@@ -941,9 +932,28 @@ static int memrar_registration_callback(unsigned long rar)
static int __init memrar_init(void)
{
int err;
+ int i;
printk(banner);
+ /*
+ * Some delayed initialization is performed in this driver.
+ * Make sure resources that are used during driver clean-up
+ * (e.g. during driver's release() function) are fully
+ * initialized before first use. This is particularly
+ * important for the case when the delayed initialization
+ * isn't completed, leaving behind a partially initialized
+ * driver.
+ *
+ * Such a scenario can occur when RAR is not available on the
+ * platform, and the driver is release()d.
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i != ARRAY_SIZE(memrars); ++i) {
+ struct memrar_rar_info * const rar = &memrars[i];
+ mutex_init(&rar->lock);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rar->buffers.list);
+ }
+
err = misc_register(&memrar_miscdev);
if (err)
return err;
--
1.7.1
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