Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] ARM: novena: Read Ethernet MAC address from EEPROM

[Marco Felsch <m.felsch@pengutronix.de>]

Hi John,

thanks for the patch.

On 23-01-30, John Watts wrote:
> The Novena has an EEPROM used for storing information about the board,
> including the Ethernet MAC address.
> 
> The reference for the EEPROM fields is the novena-eeprom source code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Watts <contact@jookia.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm/boards/novena/board.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/arm/dts/imx6q-novena.dts  | 14 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 99 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/novena/board.c b/arch/arm/boards/novena/board.c
> index e41ea10f8d..b6c59aff44 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boards/novena/board.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/boards/novena/board.c
> @@ -3,9 +3,94 @@
>  
>  #include <common.h>
>  #include <deep-probe.h>
> +#include <fs.h>
> +#include <libfile.h>
> +#include <net.h>
> +
> +struct novena_eeprom {
> +	uint8_t signature[6]; /* 'Novena' */
> +	uint8_t version; /* 1 or 2, not checked */
> +	uint8_t page_size; /* v2 only: EEPROM read/write page */
> +	uint32_t serial; /* 32-bit serial number */
> +	uint8_t mac[6]; /* Gigabit MAC address */
> +	uint16_t features; /* features */
> +	/* ... extra fields omitted ... */
> +} __packed;
> +
> +static void power_on_audio_codec(void)
> +{
> +	int rc = of_devices_ensure_probed_by_name("regulator-audio-codec");
> +
> +	if (rc < 0)
> +		pr_err("Unable to power on audio codec: %s\n", strerror(-rc));
> +}
> +
> +static struct novena_eeprom *novena_read_eeprom(void)
> +{
> +	size_t read;
> +	loff_t max = sizeof(struct novena_eeprom);
> +	void *eeprom;
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * When powered off the audio codec pulls down the EEPROM's I2C line.
> +	 * Power it on so we can actually read data.
> +	 */
> +	power_on_audio_codec();
> +
> +	rc = of_device_ensure_probed_by_alias("eeprom0");
> +	if (rc < 0) {
> +		pr_err("Unable to probe eeprom0: %s\n", strerror(-rc));
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
> +	rc = read_file_2("/dev/eeprom0", &read, &eeprom, max);
> +
> +	if (rc < 0 && rc != -EFBIG) {
> +		pr_err("Unable to read Novena EEPROM: %s\n", strerror(-rc));
> +		return NULL;
> +	} else if (read != max) {
> +		pr_err("Short read from Novena EEPROM?\n");
> +		free(eeprom);

This will trigger a double free since you're use of an unconditional
free() during probe().

Regards,
  Marco

> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
> +	return eeprom;
> +}
> +
> +static bool novena_check_eeprom(struct novena_eeprom *eeprom)
> +{
> +	char *sig = eeprom->signature;
> +	size_t size = sizeof(eeprom->signature);
> +
> +	if (memcmp("Novena", sig, size) != 0) {
> +		pr_err("Unknown Novena EEPROM signature\n");
> +		return false;
> +	}
> +
> +	return true;
> +}
> +
> +static void novena_set_mac(struct novena_eeprom *eeprom)
> +{
> +	struct device_node *dnode;
> +
> +	dnode = of_find_node_by_alias(of_get_root_node(), "ethernet0");
> +	if (dnode)
> +		of_eth_register_ethaddr(dnode, eeprom->mac);
> +	else
> +		pr_err("Unable to find ethernet node\n");
> +}
>  
>  static int novena_probe(struct device *dev)
>  {
> +	struct novena_eeprom *eeprom = novena_read_eeprom();
> +
> +	if (eeprom && novena_check_eeprom(eeprom))
> +		novena_set_mac(eeprom);
> +
> +	free(eeprom);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/imx6q-novena.dts b/arch/arm/dts/imx6q-novena.dts
> index 12bade849c..c614ed3cbb 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/dts/imx6q-novena.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm/dts/imx6q-novena.dts
> @@ -2,3 +2,17 @@
>  // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 John Watts <contact@jookia.org>
>  
>  #include <arm/imx6q-novena.dts>
> +
> +/ {
> +	aliases {
> +		eeprom0 = &eeprom;
> +	};
> +};
> +
> +&i2c3 {
> +	eeprom: eeprom@56 {
> +		compatible = "24c512";
> +		reg = <0x56>;
> +		pagesize = <128>;
> +	};
> +};
> -- 
> 2.39.1
> 
> 
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