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>
Anju T Sudhakar