[removed stable list from discussion] On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:29:58 -0000, Amit Shah wrote: > hvc_open() can be called without having any backing device. This > results in a call to hvc_kick() which calls wake_up_process on a NULL > pointer.
How is hvc_open called without a hvc_driver registered to the tty layer? > Ensure hvc is initialised by checking for a non-NULL hvc_task > before waking up the hvc thread. No if the task is missing the subsystem is really stuck. Put a check in open and refuse to open. > > This was found by an autotest run for virtio_console without having a > console backend. > stack trace please > CC: sta...@kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.s...@redhat.com> > > --- > drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c | 3 +++ > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c > index e9cba13..b2cb5cc 100644 > --- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c > +++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c > @@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hvc_instantiate); > /* Wake the sleeping khvcd */ > void hvc_kick(void) > { > + if (!hvc_task) > + return; > + > hvc_kicked = 1; > wake_up_process(hvc_task); > } _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev