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 (local)
Tested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <redacted>
---
drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
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;
--
2.30.2