[PATCH v2 1/2] mailbox: cix: validate fast channel index before request_irq()

From: kr494167

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 06:14:01 EST


From: Surendra Singh Chouhan <kr494167@xxxxxxxxx>

cix_mbox_startup() checked fast channel index constraints (index < 0 ||
index > CIX_MBOX_FAST_IDX) inside the channel switch block after
calling request_irq(). If validation failed, it triggered a free_irq()
cleanup path.

Validating channel parameters prior to request_irq() avoids unnecessary
IRQ registration and teardown churn.

Signed-off-by: Surendra Singh Chouhan <kr494167@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c
index 43c76cdab24a..615218c69eeb 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c
@@ -403,6 +403,13 @@ static int cix_mbox_startup(struct mbox_chan *chan)
int index = cp->index, ret;
u32 val;

+ if (cp->type == CIX_MBOX_TYPE_FAST && priv->dir == CIX_MBOX_RX) {
+ if (index < 0 || index > CIX_MBOX_FAST_IDX) {
+ dev_err(priv->dev, "Invalid index %d\n", index);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
+
ret = request_irq(priv->irq, cix_mbox_isr, IRQF_NO_SUSPEND,
dev_name(priv->dev), chan);
if (ret) {
@@ -448,11 +455,6 @@ static int cix_mbox_startup(struct mbox_chan *chan)
case CIX_MBOX_TYPE_FAST:
/* Only RX channel has intterupt */
if (priv->dir == CIX_MBOX_RX) {
- if (index < 0 || index > CIX_MBOX_FAST_IDX) {
- dev_err(priv->dev, "Invalid index %d\n", index);
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto failed;
- }
/* enable fast channel interrupt */
val = cix_mbox_read(priv, CIX_INT_ENABLE_SIDE_B);
val |= CIX_FAST_CH_INT(index);
@@ -461,14 +463,10 @@ static int cix_mbox_startup(struct mbox_chan *chan)
break;
default:
dev_err(priv->dev, "Invalid channel type: %d\n", cp->type);
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto failed;
+ free_irq(priv->irq, chan);
+ return -EINVAL;
}
return 0;
-
-failed:
- free_irq(priv->irq, chan);
- return ret;
}

static void cix_mbox_shutdown(struct mbox_chan *chan)
--
2.55.0