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authorLars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>2016-09-08 18:49:10 +0200
committerJonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>2016-09-10 16:40:44 +0100
commit4b1a9380a62ae669d1ae10dc118570c276a645ea (patch)
tree16b36ab2698fa3a3669ea3aa13b6fe481f7deb6e /drivers/iio
parent06777c562a50a09c4a2becfb2bf63c762a45df17 (diff)
iio: iio_push_event(): Don't crash if the event interface is not registered
iio_push_event() operates on a struct iio_dev. This struct can be allocated using iio_device_alloc() which returns a valid struct iio_dev pointer. But iio_push_event() is not safe to use on such a iio_dev until iio_device_register() for the same device has successfully completed. This restriction is not documented anywhere and most drivers are written with the assumption that this restriction does not exist. The basic pattern that is followed by all drivers looks like the following: irqreturn_t event_callback(int irq, void *devid) { struct iio_dev *indio_dev = devid; ... iio_push_event(indio_dev, ...); return IRQ_HANDLED; } int driver_probe(struct device *dev) { struct iio_dev *indio_dev; indio_dev = iio_device_alloc(...); request_irq(event_irq, event_callback, ..., indio_dev); return iio_device_register(indio_dev); } And while it is unlikely that the IRQ fires before iio_device_register() completes (e.g. because the IRQ is disabled in the device) it is not impossible and might be triggered by glitches on the signal line or incorrect hardware configuration. To avoid undefined behaviour in such a case extend iio_push_event() to check if the event has been registered and discard generated events if it has not. Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/iio')
-rw-r--r--drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
index 0ebfc923a997..90fac8ec63c9 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ bool iio_event_enabled(const struct iio_event_interface *ev_int)
*
* Note: The caller must make sure that this function is not running
* concurrently for the same indio_dev more than once.
+ *
+ * This function may be safely used as soon as a valid reference to iio_dev has
+ * been obtained via iio_device_alloc(), but any events that are submitted
+ * before iio_device_register() has successfully completed will be silently
+ * discarded.
**/
int iio_push_event(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, u64 ev_code, s64 timestamp)
{
@@ -64,6 +69,9 @@ int iio_push_event(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, u64 ev_code, s64 timestamp)
struct iio_event_data ev;
int copied;
+ if (!ev_int)
+ return 0;
+
/* Does anyone care? */
if (iio_event_enabled(ev_int)) {