linux/drivers
Florian Tobias Schandinat 521594442c viafb: fix rmmod bug
This fixes a bug caused by changing pointers (viafb_mode, viafb_mode1)
assigned by module_param.  It reduces driver complexity by not needlessly
changing these vars as they are only read once and removing now
superfluous code.

On unpatched kernels loading viafb with viafb_mode or viafb_mode1 option
used and afterwards unloading it results in:

kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:2926!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT
last sysfs file: /sys/devices/virtual/block/loop0/removable
Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec
snd_hwdep snd_pcm rtl8187 snd_timer eeprom_93cx6 mmc_block snd soundcore
via_sdmmc fb snd_page_alloc i2c_algo_bit i2c_viapro ehci_hcd uhci_hcd
cfbcopyarea mmc_core cfbimgblt cfbfillrect video output [last unloaded:
viafb]

  Pid: 3355, comm: rmmod Not tainted (2.6.31-rc1 #0)
  EIP: 0060:[<c106a759>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 0
  EIP is at kfree+0x80/0xda
  EAX: c17c2da0 EBX: dc7edbdc ECX: 0000010f EDX: 00000000
  ESI: c102c700 EDI: dc7ed8fa EBP: d703ff2c ESP: d703ff20
   DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0033 SS: 0068
  Process rmmod (pid: 3355, ti=d703e000 task=db1412c0 task.ti=d703e000)
  Stack:
   dc7edbdc 00000014 00000016 d703ff40 c102c700 dc7f45d4 dc7f45d4 00000880
   d703ff4c c103e571 00000000 d703ffac c103e751 66616976 da140062 db89ba80
   00000328 d702edf8 db89ba80 d703ff9c c105d0f0 00000200 da14f898 00000014
  Call Trace:
   [<c102c700>] ? destroy_params+0x1e/0x2b
   [<c103e571>] ? free_module+0xa2/0xd7
   [<c103e751>] ? sys_delete_module+0x1ab/0x1da
   [<c105d0f0>] ? do_munmap+0x20a/0x225
   [<c10029b4>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x26
  Code: 10 76 7a 8d 87 00 00 00 40 c1 e8 0c c1 e0 05 03 05 1c 87 41 c1 66 83 38 00 79 03 8b 40 0c 8b 10 84 d2 78 12 66 f7 c2 00 c0 75 04 <0f> 0b eb fe e8 6f 5a fe ff eb 47 8b 55 04 8b 58 0c 9c 5e fa 3b
  EIP: [<c106a759>] kfree+0x80/0xda SS:ESP 0068:d703ff20

This is caused by the current code changing the pointers assigned by
module_param.  During unload it tries to free the memory the pointers
point at which is now part of an internal structure.

The patch simply avoids changing the pointers.  This is okay as they are
read only once during the initialization process.

Signed-off-by: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>
Cc: Scott Fang <ScottFang@viatech.com.cn>
Cc: Joseph Chan <JosephChan@via.com.tw>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-08-07 10:39:56 -07:00
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accessibility
acpi Merge branch 'misc-2.6.31' into release 2009-08-02 12:55:51 -04:00
amba [ARM] amba: fix amba device resources 2009-07-05 22:39:08 +01:00
ata libata: accept late unlocking of HPA 2009-07-28 21:07:09 -04:00
atm
auxdisplay
base driver core: sysdev: do not send KOBJ_ADD uevent if kobject_init_and_add fails 2009-07-28 13:45:22 -07:00
block mg_disk: Add missing ready status check on mg_write() 2009-07-28 08:57:33 +02:00
bluetooth headers: smp_lock.h redux 2009-07-12 12:22:34 -07:00
cdrom
char Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6 2009-08-04 15:39:43 -07:00
clocksource clocksource: sh_tmu: Make undefined TCOR behaviour less undefined. 2009-06-24 21:08:11 +09:00
connector connector: maintainer/mail update. 2009-07-21 12:43:51 -07:00
cpufreq [CPUFREQ] Make cpufreq suspend code conditional on powerpc. 2009-08-04 14:32:11 -04:00
cpuidle
crypto
dca
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dma Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx 2009-07-30 16:46:31 -07:00
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eisa
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firmware
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gpu drm/radeon: Add support for RS880 chips 2009-08-05 12:07:09 +10:00
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hwmon hwmon: (asus_atk0110) Fix upper limit readings 2009-07-28 16:31:39 +02:00
i2c i2c-omap: OMAP3430 Silicon Errata 1.153 2009-07-30 01:03:24 +01:00
ide ide-tape: Don't leak kernel stack information 2009-07-21 20:36:25 -07:00
idle
ieee1394 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6 2009-07-06 14:03:44 -07:00
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infiniband Merge branches 'ehca', 'misc', 'mlx4', 'mthca' and 'nes' into for-linus 2009-06-23 10:38:47 -07:00
input parisc: hp_sdc_mlc.c - check return value of down_trylock() 2009-08-02 15:13:29 +02:00
isdn Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-08-04 15:38:34 -07:00
leds Update Yoichi Yuasa's e-mail address 2009-07-03 15:45:29 +01:00
lguest lguest and virtio: cleanup struct definitions to Linux style. 2009-07-30 16:03:46 +09:30
macintosh powerpc/pmac: Fix DMA ops for MacIO devices 2009-06-26 14:37:25 +10:00
mca
md md: Use revalidate_disk to effect changes in size of device. 2009-08-03 10:59:58 +10:00
media V4L/DVB (12303): cx23885: check pointers before dereferencing in dprintk macro 2009-07-24 14:03:32 -03:00
memstick
message fusion: mptsas, fix lock imbalance 2009-06-22 08:54:14 -05:00
mfd mfd: twl4030 irq fixes 2009-08-04 20:31:32 +02:00
misc cb710: use SG_MITER_TO_SG/SG_MITER_FROM_SG 2009-07-31 12:28:46 +02:00
mmc imxmmc: Remove unnecessary semicolons 2009-07-31 12:28:46 +02:00
mtd UBI: fix bug in image sequence number handling 2009-07-15 11:30:59 +03:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-08-04 15:38:34 -07:00
nubus
of of/mdio: Add support function for Ethernet fixed-link property 2009-07-22 09:27:18 -07:00
oprofile oprofile: reset bt_lost_no_mapping with other stats 2009-07-10 12:35:36 +02:00
parisc parisc: hppb.c - fix printk format strings 2009-08-02 15:42:39 +02:00
parport parport/serial: add support for NetMos 9901 Multi-IO card 2009-06-30 18:55:59 -07:00
pci Make pci_claim_resource() use request_resource() rather than insert_resource() 2009-08-02 14:10:18 -07:00
pcmcia Remove multiple KERN_ prefixes from printk formats 2009-07-08 10:30:03 -07:00
platform Merge branch 'bugzilla-13825' into release 2009-08-02 12:36:01 -04:00
pnp Merge branches 'acerhdf', 'acpi-pci-bind', 'bjorn-pci-root', 'bugzilla-12904', 'bugzilla-13121', 'bugzilla-13396', 'bugzilla-13533', 'bugzilla-13612', 'c3_lock', 'hid-cleanups', 'misc-2.6.31', 'pdc-leak-fix', 'pnpacpi', 'power_nocheck', 'thinkpad_acpi', 'video' and 'wmi' into release 2009-06-24 01:19:50 -04:00
power Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/cbou/battery-2.6.31 2009-07-30 16:45:53 -07:00
pps
ps3
rapidio
regulator
rtc rtc: mark if rtc-cmos drivers were successfully registered 2009-07-29 19:10:35 -07:00
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serial Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2009-07-30 16:45:20 -07:00
sh
sn
spi spi: omap2_mcspi rxdma bugfix 2009-07-29 19:10:35 -07:00
ssb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-07-09 20:33:18 -07:00
staging staging: udlfb: Add vmalloc.h include 2009-07-28 14:07:11 -07:00
tc
telephony headers: smp_lock.h redux 2009-07-12 12:22:34 -07:00
thermal
uio
usb USB: xhci: Stall handling bug fixes. 2009-07-28 14:31:13 -07:00
uwb
video viafb: fix rmmod bug 2009-08-07 10:39:56 -07:00
virtio virtio: refactor find_vqs 2009-07-30 16:03:45 +09:30
vlynq vlynq: fix typo in Kconfig to enable debugging 2009-07-06 13:57:03 -07:00
w1 drivers/w1/masters/omap_hdq.c: fix missing mutex unlock 2009-08-07 10:39:55 -07:00
watchdog [WATCHDOG] Fix COH 901 327 watchdog enablement 2009-08-02 19:56:30 +00:00
xen xen: Use kcalloc() in xen_init_IRQ() 2009-07-01 11:19:47 +02:00
zorro
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