Re: [PATCH 2/4] ARM: common/locomo: remove NO_IRQ check
From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Tue Sep 06 2016 - 10:21:57 EST
On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 03:53:28PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Since commit 489447380a29 ("[PATCH] handle errors returned by
> platform_get_irq*()") ten years ago, the locomo driver refuses to
> work without an interrupt line passed in its resources, so the
> check for NO_IRQ is unnecessary.
This description is inaccurate and misleading (it looks like it was
cut'n'pasted from patch 1.)
platform_get_irq() has nothing to do with your change, as your change
is more about the irq_base value passed through platform data, and
not through IRQ resources.
> We still check the irq_base argument for NO_IRQ, but as both
> platforms that use locomo (poodle and collie) provide both
> 'irq' and 'irq_base', this can be done more consistently
> by just checking that both are valid in the probe function
> and otherwise returning an error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/common/locomo.c | 15 +++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/common/locomo.c b/arch/arm/common/locomo.c
> index 0e97b4b871f9..81abb04e5254 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/common/locomo.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/common/locomo.c
> @@ -253,8 +253,7 @@ locomo_init_one_child(struct locomo *lchip, struct locomo_dev_info *info)
> dev->mapbase = 0;
> dev->length = info->length;
>
> - dev->irq[0] = (lchip->irq_base == NO_IRQ) ?
> - NO_IRQ : lchip->irq_base + info->irq[0];
> + dev->irq[0] = lchip->irq_base + info->irq[0];
>
> ret = device_register(&dev->dev);
> if (ret) {
> @@ -376,6 +375,9 @@ __locomo_probe(struct device *me, struct resource *mem, int irq)
> unsigned long r;
> int i, ret = -ENODEV;
>
> + if (!pdata->irq_base)
> + return ret;
> +
> lchip = kzalloc(sizeof(struct locomo), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!lchip)
> return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -387,7 +389,7 @@ __locomo_probe(struct device *me, struct resource *mem, int irq)
>
> lchip->phys = mem->start;
> lchip->irq = irq;
> - lchip->irq_base = (pdata) ? pdata->irq_base : NO_IRQ;
> + lchip->irq_base = pdata->irq_base;
This removes a NULL pointer check. Before this change, a NULL pdata
would be accepted and would lead to the interrupts not being setup.
After this change, it results in a NULL pointer deference.
Thankfully, both collie and poodle supply platform data, and are the
only providers of the locomo device.
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