[PATCH v2] drm/sysfb: Fix efidrm error handling and memory type mismatch

From: Chen Ni

Date: Wed Mar 11 2026 - 02:50:52 EST


Fix incorrect error checking and memory type confusion in
efidrm_device_create(). devm_memremap() returns error pointers, not
NULL, and returns system memory while devm_ioremap() returns I/O memory.
The code incorrectly passes system memory to iosys_map_set_vaddr_iomem().

Restructure to handle each memory type separately. Use devm_ioremap*()
with ERR_PTR(-ENXIO) for WC/UC, and devm_memremap() with ERR_CAST() for
WT/WB.

Fixes: 32ae90c66fb6 ("drm/sysfb: Add efidrm for EFI displays")
Signed-off-by: Chen Ni <nichen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Split mapping logic per memory type
- Remove is_iomem flag
- Use correct error handling (ERR_PTR/ERR_CAST)
---
drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/efidrm.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/efidrm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/efidrm.c
index 1114359a1e62..b183256cfcd0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/efidrm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/efidrm.c
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ static struct efidrm_device *efidrm_device_create(struct drm_driver *drv,
struct drm_sysfb_device *sysfb;
struct drm_device *dev;
struct resource *mem = NULL;
- void __iomem *screen_base = NULL;
struct drm_plane *primary_plane;
struct drm_crtc *crtc;
struct drm_encoder *encoder;
@@ -244,21 +243,34 @@ static struct efidrm_device *efidrm_device_create(struct drm_driver *drv,

mem_flags = efidrm_get_mem_flags(dev, res->start, vsize);

- if (mem_flags & EFI_MEMORY_WC)
- screen_base = devm_ioremap_wc(&pdev->dev, mem->start, resource_size(mem));
- else if (mem_flags & EFI_MEMORY_UC)
- screen_base = devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, mem->start, resource_size(mem));
- else if (mem_flags & EFI_MEMORY_WT)
- screen_base = devm_memremap(&pdev->dev, mem->start, resource_size(mem),
- MEMREMAP_WT);
- else if (mem_flags & EFI_MEMORY_WB)
- screen_base = devm_memremap(&pdev->dev, mem->start, resource_size(mem),
- MEMREMAP_WB);
- else
+ if (mem_flags & EFI_MEMORY_WC) {
+ void __iomem *screen_base = devm_ioremap_wc(&pdev->dev, mem->start,
+ resource_size(mem));
+ if (!screen_base)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
+ iosys_map_set_vaddr_iomem(&sysfb->fb_addr, screen_base);
+ } else if (mem_flags & EFI_MEMORY_UC) {
+ void __iomem *screen_base = devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, mem->start,
+ resource_size(mem));
+ if (!screen_base)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
+ iosys_map_set_vaddr_iomem(&sysfb->fb_addr, screen_base);
+ } else if (mem_flags & EFI_MEMORY_WT) {
+ void *screen_base = devm_memremap(&pdev->dev, mem->start,
+ resource_size(mem), MEMREMAP_WT);
+ if (IS_ERR(screen_base))
+ return ERR_CAST(screen_base);
+ iosys_map_set_vaddr(&sysfb->fb_addr, screen_base);
+ } else if (mem_flags & EFI_MEMORY_WB) {
+ void *screen_base = devm_memremap(&pdev->dev, mem->start,
+ resource_size(mem), MEMREMAP_WB);
+ if (IS_ERR(screen_base))
+ return ERR_CAST(screen_base);
+ iosys_map_set_vaddr(&sysfb->fb_addr, screen_base);
+ } else {
drm_err(dev, "invalid mem_flags: 0x%llx\n", mem_flags);
- if (!screen_base)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- iosys_map_set_vaddr_iomem(&sysfb->fb_addr, screen_base);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ }

/*
* Modesetting
--
2.25.1