Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: Free the last requested descriptor

From: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado
Date: Mon Sep 17 2018 - 06:14:40 EST


Hi Linus
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 10:56 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 3:37 PM Ricardo Ribalda Delgado
> <ricardo.ribalda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The current code only frees N-1 gpios if an error occurs during
> > gpiod_set_transitory, gpiod_direction_output or gpiod_direction_input.
> > Leading to gpios that cannot be used by userspace nor other drivers.
> >
> > Cc: Timur Tabi <timur@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Fixes: ab3dbcf78f60f46d ("gpioib: do not free unrequested descriptors)
> > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Patch applied for fixes with Jan's Reported-by tag.

Just a heads-up

I haven't seem the patch on your kernel tree at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-gpio.git/refs/heads

it is probably on your computer tree, but I wanted to make sure the
patch is not lost in the wind :P

Thanks!


>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij



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Ricardo Ribalda