Re: [RFC/RFT v2 0/2] power_supply: Fix NULL pointer dereference from uevent

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 21.05.2015 um 00:20 schrieb Sebastian Reichel <sre@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:28:39AM +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>> Am 19.05.2015 um 09:13 schrieb Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Changes since v1:
>>> =================
>>> 1. Patch 2: fix invalid member used for container_of().
>>> 2. Patch 2: Replace WARN with pr_warn() in __power_supply_register()
>>>  if parent is missing.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Description:
>>> ============
>>> This is an idea to fix issue in bq27x00 driver (and probably in others)
>>> reported by H. Nikolaus Schaller [0].
>>> 
>>> The fixes are marked RFC/RFT because:
>>> 1. I do not have bq27x00-like device. I confirmed this and tested on
>>>  modified drivers (max77693, ACPI AC). These drivers are not
>>>  impacted by the issue but one can easily adjust them to reproduce
>>>  the problem.
>>> 2. The first uevent coming from power_supply_register() is now
>>>  different because it won't contain device properties. I am
>>>  not sure how this impacts userspace.
>>> 
>>> Comments are welcomed.
>> 
>> appears to work! bq27000 is coming up now without hickups.
>> 
>> What I can’t test is if the uevent is reasonable because we do not
>> have a specific rule triggered by it in our system.
>> 
>> So from my side we are now happy with the solution.
> 
> So you would be ok with the following added to the patches?
> 
> Tested-By: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Yes, please add.

BR,
Nikolaus

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