rtc: ds1286: Initialize drvdata before registering device
authorJohn Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Sat, 7 May 2011 00:21:12 +0000 (17:21 -0700)
committerJohn Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Sat, 7 May 2011 00:42:47 +0000 (17:42 -0700)
Commit f44f7f96a20 ("RTC: Initialize kernel state from RTC") uncovered
an issue in a number of RTC drivers, where the drivers call
rtc_device_register before initializing the device or platform drvdata.

This frequently results in null pointer dereferences when the
rtc_device_register immediately makes use of the rtc device, calling
rtc_read_alarm.

The solution is to ensure the drvdata is initialized prior to registering
the rtc device.

CC: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
CC: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: rtc-linux@googlegroups.com
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c

index 60ce69600828237e63175a7aed8962a6d463a86e..47e681df31e280d27f4ce1a926b0f1c5bedbc13e 100644 (file)
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ static int __devinit ds1286_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
                goto out;
        }
        spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
+       platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
        rtc = rtc_device_register("ds1286", &pdev->dev,
                                  &ds1286_ops, THIS_MODULE);
        if (IS_ERR(rtc)) {
@@ -362,7 +363,6 @@ static int __devinit ds1286_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
                goto out;
        }
        priv->rtc = rtc;
-       platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
        return 0;
 
 out: