Commit 813665564b3d ("iio: core: Convert to use firmware node handle
instead of OF node") switched the kind of nodes to use for label
retrieval in device registration.  Probably an unwanted change in that
commit was that if the device has no parent then NULL pointer is
accessed.  This is what happens in the stock IIO dummy driver when a
new entry is created in configfs:

  # mkdir /sys/kernel/config/iio/devices/dummy/foo
  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: ...
  ...
  Call Trace:
  ...
  asm_exc_page_fault
  container_offline
  __iio_device_register
  krealloc
  iio_device_attach_buffer
  iio_simple_dummy_configure_buffer
  iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ext
  iio_dummy_probe
  iio_sw_device_create
  device_make_group
  configfs_mkdir

Since there seems to be no reason to make a parent device of an IIO
dummy device mandatory, let’s prevent the invalid memory access in
__iio_device_register when the parent device is NULL.  With this
change, the IIO dummy driver works fine with configfs.

Fixes: 813665564b3d ("iio: core: Convert to use firmware node handle instead of OF node")
Signed-off-by: Milan Zamazal <mzamazal@redhat.com>
---
Changes in v2:
 - Added a source comment about the dummy IIO device.
 - Adjusted the backtrace cited in the commit message a bit.
 - Replaced `... != NULL' condition with `...'.
 - Dropped the unnecessary `fwnode != NULL' check (the involved calls
   do the right thing when the argument is NULL).
---
 drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index c117f50d0cf3..adcba832e6fa 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ static const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops noop_ring_setup_ops;
 int __iio_device_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct module *this_mod)
 {
 	struct iio_dev_opaque *iio_dev_opaque = to_iio_dev_opaque(indio_dev);
-	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
+	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!indio_dev->info)
@@ -1899,7 +1899,8 @@ int __iio_device_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct module *this_mod)
 	/* If the calling driver did not initialize firmware node, do it here */
 	if (dev_fwnode(&indio_dev->dev))
 		fwnode = dev_fwnode(&indio_dev->dev);
-	else
+	/* The default dummy IIO device has no parent */
+	else if (indio_dev->dev.parent)
 		fwnode = dev_fwnode(indio_dev->dev.parent);
 	device_set_node(&indio_dev->dev, fwnode);
 
-- 
2.40.1

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 05:29:17PM +0200, Milan Zamazal wrote:
> Commit 813665564b3d ("iio: core: Convert to use firmware node handle
> instead of OF node") switched the kind of nodes to use for label
> retrieval in device registration.  Probably an unwanted change in that
> commit was that if the device has no parent then NULL pointer is
> accessed.  This is what happens in the stock IIO dummy driver when a
> new entry is created in configfs:

>   # mkdir /sys/kernel/config/iio/devices/dummy/foo
>   BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: ...
>   ...
>   Call Trace:
>   ...
>   asm_exc_page_fault
>   container_offline
>   __iio_device_register
>   krealloc
>   iio_device_attach_buffer
>   iio_simple_dummy_configure_buffer
>   iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ext
>   iio_dummy_probe
>   iio_sw_device_create
>   device_make_group
>   configfs_mkdir

Please, remove more unrelated lines in this backtrace. Ideally it should come
to ~4-5. For example, you posted a command line, it's obvious that you run
configfs, so the last (two) line(s) of the backtrace are redundant.
Then drop basic stuff, like:

   asm_exc_page_fault
   container_offline
   krealloc

Then remove unrelated IIO internals.

> Since there seems to be no reason to make a parent device of an IIO
> dummy device mandatory, let’s prevent the invalid memory access in
> __iio_device_register when the parent device is NULL.  With this
> change, the IIO dummy driver works fine with configfs.

The code wise it's okay now, so after addressing above
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko