[PATCH v2 1/2] net/fsl_pq_mdio: check TBI address for consistency with mapped range
Gerlando Falauto
gerlando.falauto at keymile.com
Mon Oct 12 18:18:40 AEDT 2015
When configuring the MDIO subsystem it is also necessary to configure
the TBI register. Make sure the TBI is contained within the mapped
register range in order to:
a) make sure the address is computed correctly
b) make users aware that we're actually accessing that register
In case of error, print a message but continue anyway.
Signed-off-by: Gerlando Falauto <gerlando.falauto at keymile.com>
Cc: Timur Tabi <timur at tabi.org>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Cc: Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org>
---
Changes from v1:
- Added type cast & fixed range
- removed freescale recipients
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fsl_pq_mdio.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fsl_pq_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fsl_pq_mdio.c
index 3c40f6b..5333d0a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fsl_pq_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fsl_pq_mdio.c
@@ -445,6 +445,16 @@ static int fsl_pq_mdio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
tbipa = data->get_tbipa(priv->map);
+ /*
+ * Add consistency check to make sure TBI is contained
+ * within the mapped range (not because we would get a
+ * segfault, rather to catch bugs in computing TBI
+ * address). Print error message but continue anyway.
+ */
+ if ((void *)tbipa > priv->map + resource_size(&res) - 4)
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "invalid register map (should be at least 0x%04x to contain TBI address)\n",
+ ((void *)tbipa - priv->map) + 4);
+
iowrite32be(be32_to_cpup(prop), tbipa);
}
}
--
1.8.0.1
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