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[net-next] net: phylib: ensure phy device drivers do not match by DT

Message ID E1mYTMy-001hFh-W4@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 2b12d51c4fa8dab6a879681cbf52f30e667c928c
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [net-next] net: phylib: ensure phy device drivers do not match by DT | expand

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Commit Message

Russell King (Oracle) Oct. 7, 2021, 1:23 p.m. UTC
PHYLIB device drivers must match by either numerical PHY ID or by their
.match_phy_device method. Matching by DT is not permitted.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2b1dc053-8c9a-e3e4-b450-eecdfca3fe16@gmail.com
Tested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

Comments

patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Oct. 8, 2021, 2:30 p.m. UTC | #1
Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:23:32 +0100 you wrote:
> PHYLIB device drivers must match by either numerical PHY ID or by their
> .match_phy_device method. Matching by DT is not permitted.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2b1dc053-8c9a-e3e4-b450-eecdfca3fe16@gmail.com
> Tested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: phylib: ensure phy device drivers do not match by DT
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/2b12d51c4fa8

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diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index ba5ad86ec826..ba295b8ad8fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -3146,6 +3146,16 @@  int phy_driver_register(struct phy_driver *new_driver, struct module *owner)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/* PHYLIB device drivers must not match using a DT compatible table
+	 * as this bypasses our checks that the mdiodev that is being matched
+	 * is backed by a struct phy_device. If such a case happens, we will
+	 * make out-of-bounds accesses and lockup in phydev->lock.
+	 */
+	if (WARN(new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.of_match_table,
+		 "%s: driver must not provide a DT match table\n",
+		 new_driver->name))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	new_driver->mdiodrv.flags |= MDIO_DEVICE_IS_PHY;
 	new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.name = new_driver->name;
 	new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.bus = &mdio_bus_type;