Re: [PATCH] spi: Fix SPI_CS_HIGH setting when using native and GPIO CS

From: Gregory CLEMENT
Date: Thu Oct 24 2019 - 10:58:00 EST


Hello Jon,

> On 18/10/2019 16:29, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>> When improving the CS GPIO support at core level, the SPI_CS_HIGH
>> has been enabled for all the CS lines used for a given SPI controller.
>>
>> However, the SPI framework allows to have on the same controller native
>> CS and GPIO CS. The native CS may not support the SPI_CS_HIGH, so they
>> should not be setup automatically.
>>
>> With this patch the setting is done only for the CS that will use a
>> GPIO as CS
>>
>> Fixes: f3186dd87669 ("spi: Optionally use GPIO descriptors for CS GPIOs")
>> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/spi/spi.c | 18 +++++++++---------
>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
>> index 5414a10afd65..1b68acc28c8f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
>> @@ -1880,15 +1880,7 @@ static int of_spi_parse_dt(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_device *spi,
>> spi->mode |= SPI_3WIRE;
>> if (of_property_read_bool(nc, "spi-lsb-first"))
>> spi->mode |= SPI_LSB_FIRST;
>> -
>> - /*
>> - * For descriptors associated with the device, polarity inversion is
>> - * handled in the gpiolib, so all chip selects are "active high" in
>> - * the logical sense, the gpiolib will invert the line if need be.
>> - */
>> - if (ctlr->use_gpio_descriptors)
>> - spi->mode |= SPI_CS_HIGH;
>> - else if (of_property_read_bool(nc, "spi-cs-high"))
>> + if (of_property_read_bool(nc, "spi-cs-high"))
>> spi->mode |= SPI_CS_HIGH;
>>
>> /* Device DUAL/QUAD mode */
>> @@ -1952,6 +1944,14 @@ static int of_spi_parse_dt(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_device *spi,
>> }
>> spi->chip_select = value;
>>
>> + /*
>> + * For descriptors associated with the device, polarity inversion is
>> + * handled in the gpiolib, so all gpio chip selects are "active high"
>> + * in the logical sense, the gpiolib will invert the line if need be.
>> + */
>> + if ((ctlr->use_gpio_descriptors) && ctlr->cs_gpiods[spi->chip_select])
>> + spi->mode |= SPI_CS_HIGH;
>> +
>
> This patch is causing a boot regression on one of our Tegra boards.
> Bisect is pointing to this commit and reverting on top of today's -next
> fixes the problem.
>
> This patch is causing the following NULL pointer crash which I assume is
> because we have not checked if 'ctlr->cs_gpiods' is valid before
> dereferencing ...

I've just submitted a fixe for it

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11209839/


Thanks,

Gregory

>
> [ 2.083593] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
> [ 2.091800] pgd = (ptrval)
> [ 2.094513] [00000000] *pgd=00000000
> [ 2.098122] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM
> [ 2.103436] Modules linked in:
> [ 2.106501] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.4.0-rc4-next-20191024-00013-gdda3f5db0962 #402
> [ 2.115808] Hardware name: NVIDIA Tegra SoC (Flattened Device Tree)
> [ 2.122084] PC is at spi_register_controller+0x870/0xac0
> [ 2.127409] LR is at of_find_property+0x44/0x4c
> [ 2.131943] pc : [<c0629b98>] lr : [<c078b068>] psr: 20000013
> [ 2.138210] sp : ee8cdda8 ip : 00000000 fp : 00000000
> [ 2.143436] r10: eefe88e8 r9 : 00000001 r8 : eefe8898
> [ 2.148662] r7 : ee2dac00 r6 : c0d2019c r5 : c0d20190 r4 : ee2d8800
> [ 2.155190] r3 : 00000000 r2 : 00000000 r1 : ffffffff r0 : 00000001
> [ 2.161719] Flags: nzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment none
> [ 2.168857] Control: 10c5387d Table: 8000406a DAC: 00000051
> [ 2.174604] Process swapper/0 (pid: 1, stack limit = 0x(ptrval))
> [ 2.180613] Stack: (0xee8cdda8 to 0xee8ce000)
> [ 2.184976] dda0: 00000000 00000044 c0629e0c 00000000 c1004e48 c0d202c8
> [ 2.193161] ddc0: 00000000 d20df1b4 c0628544 ee2d2040 ee2d8800 eea6c010 eea6c010 40000000
> [ 2.201344] dde0: 00000000 00000055 c0f8cd14 c0629e1c ee2d8800 ee2d8bc0 eea6c010 eea6c000
> [ 2.209528] de00: 40000000 c062db18 eea6b500 ee2d8bc0 eea6c010 00000000 c10807d4 00000000
> [ 2.217710] de20: c10807d4 00000000 00000000 c05b1050 c1110834 eea6c010 c1110838 c05af028
> [ 2.225893] de40: eea6c010 c10807d4 c10807d4 c1004e48 00000000 c0f0058c c0f71854 c05af2b8
> [ 2.234077] de60: c0f71854 c078be00 c0b91164 eea6c010 00000000 c10807d4 c1004e48 00000000
> [ 2.242259] de80: c0f0058c c0f71854 c0f8cd14 c05af568 00000000 c10807d4 eea6c010 c05af5f0
> [ 2.250442] dea0: 00000000 c10807d4 c05af570 c05ad39c c0f0058c ee90ea5c eea651b4 d20df1b4
> [ 2.258626] dec0: c1077590 c10807d4 ee2d2580 c1077590 00000000 c05ae390 c0d20a60 c10c73a0
> [ 2.266809] dee0: ffffe000 c10807d4 c10c73a0 ffffe000 c0f3b368 c05b0144 c1004e48 c10c73a0
> [ 2.274992] df00: ffffe000 c010306c 0000011e c01454b4 c0de9d70 c0d32c00 00000000 00000006
> [ 2.283175] df20: 00000006 c0cbf1b0 00000000 c1004e48 c0cd2680 c0cbf224 00000000 efffcc21
> [ 2.291358] df40: efffcc45 d20df1b4 00000000 c10d4e00 c10d4e00 d20df1b4 c10d4e00 c10d4e00
> [ 2.299541] df60: 00000007 c0f71834 0000011e c0f01040 00000006 00000006 00000000 c0f0058c
> [ 2.307723] df80: c0aad7c4 00000000 c0aad7c4 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> [ 2.315906] dfa0: 00000000 c0aad7cc 00000000 c01010e8 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> [ 2.324088] dfc0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> [ 2.332271] dfe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000013 00000000 00000000 00000000
> [ 2.340463] [<c0629b98>] (spi_register_controller) from [<c0629e1c>] (devm_spi_register_controller+0x34/0x6c)
> [ 2.350389] [<c0629e1c>] (devm_spi_register_controller) from [<c062db18>] (tegra_spi_probe+0x33c/0x448)
> [ 2.359794] [<c062db18>] (tegra_spi_probe) from [<c05b1050>] (platform_drv_probe+0x48/0x98)
> [ 2.368155] [<c05b1050>] (platform_drv_probe) from [<c05af028>] (really_probe+0x234/0x34c)
> [ 2.376427] [<c05af028>] (really_probe) from [<c05af2b8>] (driver_probe_device+0x60/0x168)
> [ 2.384699] [<c05af2b8>] (driver_probe_device) from [<c05af568>] (device_driver_attach+0x58/0x60)
> [ 2.393578] [<c05af568>] (device_driver_attach) from [<c05af5f0>] (__driver_attach+0x80/0xbc)
> [ 2.402108] [<c05af5f0>] (__driver_attach) from [<c05ad39c>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x74/0xb4)
> [ 2.410292] [<c05ad39c>] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<c05ae390>] (bus_add_driver+0x164/0x1e8)
> [ 2.418563] [<c05ae390>] (bus_add_driver) from [<c05b0144>] (driver_register+0x7c/0x114)
> [ 2.426663] [<c05b0144>] (driver_register) from [<c010306c>] (do_one_initcall+0x54/0x2a8)
> [ 2.434851] [<c010306c>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c0f01040>] (kernel_init_freeable+0x14c/0x1e8)
> [ 2.443560] [<c0f01040>] (kernel_init_freeable) from [<c0aad7cc>] (kernel_init+0x8/0x10c)
> [ 2.451747] [<c0aad7cc>] (kernel_init) from [<c01010e8>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x2c)
> [ 2.459318] Exception stack(0xee8cdfb0 to 0xee8cdff8)
> [ 2.464374] dfa0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> [ 2.472557] dfc0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> [ 2.480740] dfe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000013 00000000
> [ 2.487362] Code: e3520000 0a000006 e59422f8 e6ef3073 (e7923103)
> [ 2.493510] ---[ end trace c189900877242550 ]---
>
> Cheers
> Jon
>
> --
> nvpublic

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