tree 9715a43f1c0a731372660f2db62b722a8befb7c2
parent cd4f2b30e5ef7d4bde61eb515372d96e8aec1690
author Anju T Sudhakar <anju@linux.vnet.ibm.com> 1507874381 +0530
committer Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> 1507885720 +1100

powerpc/perf: Fix IMC initialization crash

Panic observed with latest firmware, and upstream kernel:

 NIP init_imc_pmu+0x8c/0xcf0
 LR  init_imc_pmu+0x2f8/0xcf0
 Call Trace:
   init_imc_pmu+0x2c8/0xcf0 (unreliable)
   opal_imc_counters_probe+0x300/0x400
   platform_drv_probe+0x64/0x110
   driver_probe_device+0x3d8/0x580
   __driver_attach+0x14c/0x1a0
   bus_for_each_dev+0x8c/0xf0
   driver_attach+0x34/0x50
   bus_add_driver+0x298/0x350
   driver_register+0x9c/0x180
   __platform_driver_register+0x5c/0x70
   opal_imc_driver_init+0x2c/0x40
   do_one_initcall+0x64/0x1d0
   kernel_init_freeable+0x280/0x374
   kernel_init+0x24/0x160
   ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x74

While registering nest imc at init, cpu-hotplug callback
nest_pmu_cpumask_init() makes an OPAL call to stop the engine. And if
the OPAL call fails, imc_common_cpuhp_mem_free() is invoked to cleanup
memory and cpuhotplug setup.

But when cleaning up the attribute group, we are dereferencing the
attribute element array without checking whether the backing element
is not NULL. This causes the kernel panic.

Add a check for the backing element prior to dereferencing the
attribute element, to handle the failing case gracefully.

Signed-off-by: Anju T Sudhakar <anju@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Pridhiviraj Paidipeddi <ppaidipe@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
[mpe: Trim change log]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>