Hi,

I just triggered a NULL point deref with the following commands running on AM437x SK board. This is with v4.3-rc6:

modprobe -r snd_soc_simple_card sleep 1 modprobe snd_soc_simple_card sleep 1

details below:

[ 228.020921] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000000f8 [ 228.029546] pgd = ed4bc000 [ 228.032375] [000000f8] *pgd=00000000 [ 228.036154] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] SMP ARM [ 228.040968] Modules linked in: snd_soc_simple_card(+) matrix_keypad matrix_keymap pwm_bl xhci_plat_hcd xhci_hcd usbcore joydev m25p80 spi_nor lis3lv02d_i2c lis3lv02d input_polldev cpufreq_dt thermal_sys hwmon dwc3_omap extcon tps65218_pwrbutton omap_wdt spi_ti_qspi evdev rtc_omap leds_gpio led_class dwc3 udc_core usb_common omapfb cfbfillrect cfbimgblt cfbcopyarea panel_dpi snd_soc_tlv320aic3x snd_soc_davinci_mcasp snd_soc_edma snd_soc_omap snd_soc_core omapdss snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_pcm pwm_tiecap snd_timer snd soundcore phy_omap_usb2 autofs4 [last unloaded: snd_soc_simple_card] [ 228.096008] CPU: 0 PID: 710 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 4.3.0-rc6-00001-gada6475ae6e4 #97 [ 228.104436] Hardware name: Generic AM43 (Flattened Device Tree) [ 228.110608] task: ed4b9140 ti: ed52e000 task.ti: ed52e000 [ 228.116370] PC is at dapm_wcache_lookup+0x50/0x7c [snd_soc_core] [ 228.122664] LR is at dapm_wcache_lookup+0x38/0x7c [snd_soc_core] [ 228.128922] pc : [<bf16dd2c>] lr : [<bf16dd14>] psr: a0070013 [ 228.128922] sp : ed52fba8 ip : 00000005 fp : 00000000 [ 228.140883] r10: bf17d238 r9 : bf1f138c r8 : bf1f616c [ 228.146327] r7 : bf1f138c r6 : bf1f616c r5 : ee6f5158 r4 : 000000f4 [ 228.153126] r3 : 00000100 r2 : 00000052 r1 : ed1057c1 r0 : ffffffff [ 228.159925] Flags: NzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment none [ 228.167354] Control: 10c5387d Table: ad4bc059 DAC: 00000051 [ 228.173339] Process modprobe (pid: 710, stack limit = 0xed52e218) [ 228.179689] Stack: (0xed52fba8 to 0xed530000) [ 228.184233] fba0: 00000000 ee7c58c0 bf1f6050 bf16f244 00000000 ed52fc28 [ 228.192765] fbc0: ee577800 c1014a44 00000000 c06430d8 00000001 00000000 ee6c6e90 ee6f50a0 [ 228.201294] fbe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 c09c3354 60070013 c00943bc ed4b9700 00000004 [ 228.209835] fc00: 00000004 ed4b9140 00000006 bf1f138c bf1ef834 c0091884 c063f37c ed4b9140 [ 228.218365] fc20: 00000001 c118a28c ed4b9140 c00919e8 ee6f506c 60070013 ee6f5070 c063f37c [ 228.226899] fc40: 00000001 00000000 bf16f430 00000003 00000004 ed4b9140 00000006 00000000 [ 228.235417] fc60: bf1ef834 c0091884 c0641060 bf1f138c 00000000 ee7c58c0 00000004 0000001b [ 228.243938] fc80: bf1f138c bf17d238 00000000 bf16f468 00000000 00000012 ee7c58c0 ee7c58c0 [ 228.252463] fca0: ee6c6e90 ee6c6e90 00000004 ee6c6ec0 00000000 bf1ef834 00000000 bf1efcec [ 228.260989] fcc0: ee7c5828 00000000 ee7c5810 ee6f5010 ee7c58c0 ee7c5858 ed496010 bf169ef4 [ 228.269506] fce0: ee6f5180 00000002 00000634 ee6f5010 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 228.278029] fd00: ed440e0c bf16cb2c 00000000 ee6f5020 ee6f5180 bf17fd60 00000001 ee6f5028 [ 228.286547] fd20: ee6f5168 60070013 00000000 00000000 eeee3304 00000000 ee178410 ee6f5010 [ 228.295065] fd40: ed105c90 ee6f5010 ee178410 ee178410 ee178400 00000001 12f9f228 bf17968c [ 228.303583] fd60: ee6f5010 fffffdfb 00000001 eeee87d8 ee178410 bf0faa38 00000000 ee178410 [ 228.312108] fd80: ee178410 ee178410 ee178410 bf0fb28c fffffdfb 0000004e ed060e00 c03dff28 [ 228.320626] fda0: ee178410 c11be018 bf0fb28c 00000000 0000004e c03de5dc ee178410 bf0fb28c [ 228.329143] fdc0: ee178444 c098df20 00000000 c03de76c 00000000 bf0fb28c c03de6d8 c03dca40 [ 228.337666] fde0: ee0362a4 ee179f10 bf0fb28c ed462ec0 00000000 c03ddba4 bf0fb080 c09123a0 [ 228.346188] fe00: ed060d40 bf0fb28c c09123a0 ed060d40 bf0fd000 c03defb0 c09123a0 c09123a0 [ 228.354713] fe20: ed060d40 c0009804 60070093 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000000f 00000000 [ 228.363240] fe40: ef7c4464 40000000 0000002e c0091ccc ed060e40 000000d0 000000d0 c0162850 [ 228.371760] fe60: ed52ff58 c0091ccc c090e108 ee0000c0 a0070013 bf0fb300 bf0fb300 c09c34a8 [ 228.380285] fe80: ed060e40 bf0fb300 bf0fb348 00000001 12f9f228 c011b55c ed060e08 bf0fb300 [ 228.388815] fea0: ed52ff58 c09c34a8 ed060e08 c00cc6cc bf0fb30c 00007fff 00000000 c00c9e60 [ 228.397340] fec0: c119bfa4 bf0fb458 c090e990 bf0fb51c f07fa7bc bf0fb30c 00000000 c064c2c0 [ 228.405863] fee0: f07cd000 0002d80c 02e60649 00000000 0000000f 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 228.414388] ff00: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 228.422911] ff20: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000170 00000000 00000003 7f606ddc [ 228.431432] ff40: 0000017b c000f8e4 ed52e000 00000000 7f61a2e8 c00ccf24 f07cd000 0002d80c [ 228.439952] ff60: f07fa0dc f07eebe5 f07ef600 00001690 000019d0 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 228.448475] ff80: 0000002c 0000002d 00000014 00000018 0000000f 00000000 7f607a28 00000000 [ 228.457000] ffa0: 1c7d6500 c000f740 7f607a28 00000000 00000003 7f606ddc 00000000 7f607d10 [ 228.465523] ffc0: 7f607a28 00000000 1c7d6500 0000017b 00040000 00000000 00000000 7f61a2e8 [ 228.474050] ffe0: bed179b0 bed179a0 7f5fd4bb b6f18852 80070030 00000003 185b0001 05000135 [ 228.482659] [<bf16dd2c>] (dapm_wcache_lookup [snd_soc_core]) from [<bf16f244>] (snd_soc_dapm_add_route+0x74/0x23c [snd_soc_core]) [ 228.494875] [<bf16f244>] (snd_soc_dapm_add_route [snd_soc_core]) from [<bf16f468>] (snd_soc_dapm_add_routes+0x5c/0xbc [snd_soc_core]) [ 228.507428] [<bf16f468>] (snd_soc_dapm_add_routes [snd_soc_core]) from [<bf1efcec>] (aic3x_probe+0x41c/0x57c [snd_soc_tlv320aic3x]) [ 228.519797] [<bf1efcec>] (aic3x_probe [snd_soc_tlv320aic3x]) from [<bf169ef4>] (soc_probe_component+0x208/0x348 [snd_soc_core]) [ 228.531812] [<bf169ef4>] (soc_probe_component [snd_soc_core]) from [<bf16cb2c>] (snd_soc_register_card+0x8d8/0x10f4 [snd_soc_core]) [ 228.544204] [<bf16cb2c>] (snd_soc_register_card [snd_soc_core]) from [<bf17968c>] (devm_snd_soc_register_card+0x2c/0x68 [snd_soc_core]) [ 228.556948] [<bf17968c>] (devm_snd_soc_register_card [snd_soc_core]) from [<bf0faa38>] (asoc_simple_card_probe+0x1f4/0x434 [snd_soc_simple_card]) [ 228.570587] [<bf0faa38>] (asoc_simple_card_probe [snd_soc_simple_card]) from [<c03dff28>] (platform_drv_probe+0x44/0xac) [ 228.581921] [<c03dff28>] (platform_drv_probe) from [<c03de5dc>] (driver_probe_device+0x1f4/0x2f0) [ 228.591170] [<c03de5dc>] (driver_probe_device) from [<c03de76c>] (__driver_attach+0x94/0x98) [ 228.599962] [<c03de76c>] (__driver_attach) from [<c03dca40>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x6c/0xa0) [ 228.608485] [<c03dca40>] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<c03ddba4>] (bus_add_driver+0x18c/0x214) [ 228.617100] [<c03ddba4>] (bus_add_driver) from [<c03defb0>] (driver_register+0x78/0xf8) [ 228.625451] [<c03defb0>] (driver_register) from [<c0009804>] (do_one_initcall+0x80/0x1dc) [ 228.633985] [<c0009804>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c011b55c>] (do_init_module+0x5c/0x1d0) [ 228.642421] [<c011b55c>] (do_init_module) from [<c00cc6cc>] (load_module+0x1a4c/0x20c0) [ 228.650769] [<c00cc6cc>] (load_module) from [<c00ccf24>] (SyS_finit_module+0x7c/0x90) [ 228.658936] [<c00ccf24>] (SyS_finit_module) from [<c000f740>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c) [ 228.667457] Code: e594300c e1550003 e243400c 0a000006 (e5131008) [ 228.673935] ---[ end trace d70ffb1b3028bdb3 ]---