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From 4b2e7f99cdd314263c9d172bc17193b8b6bba463 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 16:59:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] drivers: watchdog: rdc321x_wdt: Fix race condition bugs
Git-commit: 4b2e7f99cdd314263c9d172bc17193b8b6bba463
Patch-mainline: v5.10-rc1
References: git-fixes

In rdc321x_wdt_probe(), rdc321x_wdt_device.queue is initialized
after misc_register(), hence if ioctl is called before its
initialization which can call rdc321x_wdt_start() function,
it will see an uninitialized value of rdc321x_wdt_device.queue,
hence initialize it before misc_register().
Also, rdc321x_wdt_device.default_ticks is accessed in reset()
function called from write callback, thus initialize it before
misc_register().

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200807112902.28764-1-madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

---
 drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c
index 57187efeb86f..f0c94ea51c3e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ static int rdc321x_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	rdc321x_wdt_device.sb_pdev = pdata->sb_pdev;
 	rdc321x_wdt_device.base_reg = r->start;
+	rdc321x_wdt_device.queue = 0;
+	rdc321x_wdt_device.default_ticks = ticks;
 
 	err = misc_register(&rdc321x_wdt_misc);
 	if (err < 0) {
@@ -245,14 +247,11 @@ static int rdc321x_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				rdc321x_wdt_device.base_reg, RDC_WDT_RST);
 
 	init_completion(&rdc321x_wdt_device.stop);
-	rdc321x_wdt_device.queue = 0;
 
 	clear_bit(0, &rdc321x_wdt_device.inuse);
 
 	timer_setup(&rdc321x_wdt_device.timer, rdc321x_wdt_trigger, 0);
 
-	rdc321x_wdt_device.default_ticks = ticks;
-
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "watchdog init success\n");
 
 	return 0;
-- 
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