PCIe switch upstream port can be connected directly to the PCIe root bus
in QEMU; ASPM does not expect this topology and dereferences NULL pointer
when initializing.
I have not confirmed this can happen on real hardware, but it is presented
as a feature in QEMU, so there is no reason to panic if we can recover.
The dereference happens with topology defined by
-M q35 -device x3130-upstream,bus=pcie.0,id=upstream \
-device xio3130-downstream,bus=upstream,id=downstream,chassis=1
where on line drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c:530 (alloc_pcie_link_state+13):
parent = pdev->bus->parent->self->link_state;
"pdev->bus->parent->self == NULL", because "pdev->bus->parent" has no
"->parent", hence no "->self".
Even though discouraged by QEMU documentation, one can set up even
topology without the upstream port
-M q35 -device xio3130-downstream,bus=pcie.0,id=downstream,chassis=1
so "pdev->bus->parent == NULL", because "pdev->bus" is the root bus.
The patch checks for this too, because I do not like *NULL.
Right now, PCIe switch has to connect to the root port
-M q35 -device ioh3420,bus=pcie.0,id=root.0 \
-device x3130-upstream,bus=root.0,id=upstream \
-device xio3130-downstream,bus=upstream,id=downstream,chassis=1
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrc...@redhat.com>
---
drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
index 403a443..1ad1514 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@ static struct pcie_link_state *alloc_pcie_link_state(struct
pci_dev *pdev)
link->pdev = pdev;
if (pci_pcie_type(pdev) == PCI_EXP_TYPE_DOWNSTREAM) {
struct pcie_link_state *parent;
- parent = pdev->bus->parent->self->link_state;
- if (!parent) {
+ if (!pdev->bus->parent || !pdev->bus->parent->self ||
+ !(parent = pdev->bus->parent->self->link_state)) {
kfree(link);
return NULL;
}
--
1.8.1.4
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