[PATCH] powerpc/powernv: Fix missing attr initialisation in opal_export_attrs()

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Thu Apr 27 11:37:32 AEST 2017


In opal_export_attrs() we dynamically allocate some bin_attributes. They're
allocated with kmalloc() and although we initialise most of the fields, we don't
initialise write() or mmap(), and in particular we don't initialise the lockdep
related fields in the embedded struct attribute.

This leads to a lockdep warning at boot:

  BUG: key c0000000f11906d8 not in .data!
  WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at ../kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3136 lockdep_init_map+0x28c/0x2a0
  ...
  Call Trace:
    lockdep_init_map+0x288/0x2a0 (unreliable)
    __kernfs_create_file+0x8c/0x170
    sysfs_add_file_mode_ns+0xc8/0x240
    __machine_initcall_powernv_opal_init+0x60c/0x684
    do_one_initcall+0x60/0x1c0
    kernel_init_freeable+0x2f4/0x3d4
    kernel_init+0x24/0x160
    ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0xb0

Fix it by kzalloc'ing the attr, which fixes the uninitialised write() and
mmap(), and calling sysfs_bin_attr_init() on it to initialise the lockdep
fields.

Fixes: 11fe909d2362 ("powerpc/powernv: Add OPAL exports attributes to sysfs")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
index 76e153fc1f93..7925a9d72cca 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c
@@ -637,13 +637,14 @@ static void opal_export_attrs(void)
 		if (of_property_read_u64_array(np, prop->name, &vals[0], 2))
 			continue;
 
-		attr = kmalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
+		attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		if (attr == NULL) {
 			pr_warn("Failed kmalloc for bin_attribute!");
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		sysfs_bin_attr_init(attr);
 		attr->attr.name = kstrdup(prop->name, GFP_KERNEL);
 		attr->attr.mode = 0400;
 		attr->read = export_attr_read;
-- 
2.7.4



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