RE: [PATCH] input: keyboard: snvs: make sure irq is handled correctly

From: Anson Huang
Date: Wed Mar 27 2019 - 01:05:34 EST


Hi, Dmitry

Best Regards!
Anson Huang

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 2019年3月27日 12:29
> To: Anson Huang <anson.huang@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@xxxxxxx>; linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: keyboard: snvs: make sure irq is handled
> correctly
>
> Hi Anson,
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 02:47:06AM +0000, Anson Huang wrote:
> > SNVS IRQ is requested before necessary driver data initialized, if
> > there is a pending IRQ during driver probe phase, kernel NULL pointer
> > panic will occur in IRQ handler. To avoid such scenario, need to move
> > the IRQ request to after driver data initialization done. This patch
> > is inspired by NXP's internal kernel tree.
> >
> > Fixes: d3dc6e232215 ("input: keyboard: imx: add snvs power key
> > driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/input/keyboard/snvs_pwrkey.c | 17 ++++++++---------
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/snvs_pwrkey.c
> > b/drivers/input/keyboard/snvs_pwrkey.c
> > index effb632..6ff41fd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/snvs_pwrkey.c
> > +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/snvs_pwrkey.c
> > @@ -148,15 +148,6 @@ static int imx_snvs_pwrkey_probe(struct
> platform_device *pdev)
> > return error;
> > }
> >
> > - error = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, pdata->irq,
> > - imx_snvs_pwrkey_interrupt,
> > - 0, pdev->name, pdev);
> > -
> > - if (error) {
> > - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "interrupt not available.\n");
> > - return error;
> > - }
> > -
> > error = input_register_device(input);
> > if (error < 0) {
> > dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register input device\n");
> @@ -166,6
> > +157,14 @@ static int imx_snvs_pwrkey_probe(struct platform_device
> *pdev)
> > pdata->input = input;
> > platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pdata);
> >
> > + error = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, pdata->irq,
> > + imx_snvs_pwrkey_interrupt,
> > + 0, pdev->name, pdev);
> > + if (error) {
> > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "interrupt not available.\n");
> > + return error;
> > + }
>
> Instead of moving devm_request_irq() around could you simply move
> pdata->input = input assignment higher? It is perfectly fine to try
> calling input_event() on input device that is allocated but not yet registered.

OK, make sense.

>
> > +
> > device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, pdata->wakeup);
>
> Unrelated suggestion:
>
> Can you try calling dev_pm_set_wake_irq(&pdev->dev, pdata->irq) here and
> I think you will be able to get rid of suspend/resume methods in the driver.

OK, I will look into it, and send another patch to improve this.

Thanks.
Anson

>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Dmitry