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sg_alloc_table_chained() is called by several drivers, but if it is
called before sg_pool_init(), it results in a NULL pointer dereference
in sg_pool_alloc().
Since commit 9b1d6c895002 ("lib: scatterlist: move SG pool code from
SCSI driver to lib/sg_pool.c"), we rely on module_init(sg_pool_init)
is invoked before other module_init calls but this assumption is
fragile.
I slightly changed the link order while refactoring Kbuild, then
uncovered this issue. I should keep the current link order, but
depending on a specific call order among module_init is so fragile.
We usually define the init order by specifying *_initcall correctly,
or delay the driver probing by returning -EPROBE_DEFER.
Change module_initcall() to subsys_initcall(), and also delete the
pointless module_exit() because lib/sg_pool.c is always compiled as
built-in. (CONFIG_SG_POOL is bool)
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220921043946.GA1355561@roeck-us.net/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/8e70837d-d859-dfb2-bf7f-83f8b31467bc@samsung.com/
Fixes: 9b1d6c895002 ("lib: scatterlist: move SG pool code from SCSI driver to lib/sg_pool.c")
Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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