From nobody Tue Sep 16 14:11:50 2025 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D769C46467 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 14:43:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233502AbjACOms (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2023 09:42:48 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:53640 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S237890AbjACOmZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2023 09:42:25 -0500 Received: from pandora.armlinux.org.uk (pandora.armlinux.org.uk [IPv6:2001:4d48:ad52:32c8:5054:ff:fe00:142]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14DEBE0AA for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2023 06:42:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=armlinux.org.uk; s=pandora-2019; h=Date:Sender:Message-Id:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version:Subject:Cc:To:From:Reply-To:Content-ID :Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To: Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=Dw5ZgJSaRLkDv4nIzFjapZY+fSw9bSxUXN0tVxPPIDY=; b=aouNauwujUkFDlJmZZD20JzSoD siVGt+ePb/Oimb5sXnNpgyecNqCDeYdOx8MwoKE0wLcFXoBtKU8/Dc5VDDTZj7HrqM2EuBeOqw56V gbnvFaYFpWzK2TceB3oad//AEoX1EBy3P4OxI+e0lwPohsX3y4u5bT7gDfoEheCRD4PCKDi0RmWPW XZrVCHfWLxQRSv5kT3IKy3r1mlmKXtMfCrEeb4YULOHEGCYYffQogDriiCVaEssIEEc3da/R9HWZu 0lTCy5SR0qpVAFCa0RnnCegiA/MO0z/8yCu9/TC6AOGR6wNeFoY7MYGeIVGj7TBANhXaS5vKbC+xe sKlu2HzA==; Received: from e0022681537dd.dyn.armlinux.org.uk ([fd8f:7570:feb6:1:222:68ff:fe15:37dd]:34488 helo=rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk) by pandora.armlinux.org.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1pCiUf-0005R4-RZ; Tue, 03 Jan 2023 14:42:21 +0000 Received: from rmk by rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1pCiUe-00457v-SQ; Tue, 03 Jan 2023 14:42:20 +0000 From: "Russell King (Oracle)" To: Srinivas Kandagatla Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Maxime Ripard , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Hector Martin Subject: [PATCH v2] nvmem: fix registration vs use race MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: Sender: Russell King Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 14:42:20 +0000 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The i.MX6 CPU frequency driver sometimes fails to register at boot time due to nvmem_cell_read_u32() sporadically returning -ENOENT. This happens because there is a window where __nvmem_device_get() in of_nvmem_cell_get() is able to return the nvmem device, but as cells have been setup, nvmem_find_cell_entry_by_node() returns NULL. The occurs because the nvmem core registration code violates one of the fundamental principles of kernel programming: do not publish data structures before their setup is complete. Fix this by making nvmem core code conform with this principle. Fixes: eace75cfdcf7 ("nvmem: Add a simple NVMEM framework for nvmem provide= rs") Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) --- v2: add fixes tag drivers/nvmem/core.c | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c index 321d7d63e068..6b89fb6fa582 100644 --- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c +++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c @@ -835,22 +835,16 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvme= m_config *config) nvmem->dev.groups =3D nvmem_dev_groups; #endif =20 - dev_dbg(&nvmem->dev, "Registering nvmem device %s\n", config->name); - - rval =3D device_register(&nvmem->dev); - if (rval) - goto err_put_device; - if (nvmem->nkeepout) { rval =3D nvmem_validate_keepouts(nvmem); if (rval) - goto err_device_del; + goto err_put_device; } =20 if (config->compat) { rval =3D nvmem_sysfs_setup_compat(nvmem, config); if (rval) - goto err_device_del; + goto err_put_device; } =20 if (config->cells) { @@ -867,6 +861,12 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem= _config *config) if (rval) goto err_remove_cells; =20 + dev_dbg(&nvmem->dev, "Registering nvmem device %s\n", config->name); + + rval =3D device_register(&nvmem->dev); + if (rval) + goto err_remove_cells; + blocking_notifier_call_chain(&nvmem_notifier, NVMEM_ADD, nvmem); =20 return nvmem; @@ -876,8 +876,6 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_= config *config) err_teardown_compat: if (config->compat) nvmem_sysfs_remove_compat(nvmem, config); -err_device_del: - device_del(&nvmem->dev); err_put_device: put_device(&nvmem->dev); =20 --=20 2.30.2