Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: bcm-sba-raid: Handle mbox_request_channel failure

From: Vinod Koul
Date: Mon Oct 14 2019 - 04:30:38 EST


Hi Rayagonda,

On 27-09-19, 09:38, Rayagonda Kokatanur wrote:
> Hi Vinod,
>
> Did you get chance to review this fix?

Please do *not* top post

And on your question, sorry this is not in my queue somehow, please
rebase and repost

>
> Best regards,
> Rayagonda
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 11:06 PM Ray Jui <ray.jui@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/9/2019 10:07 PM, Rayagonda Kokatanur wrote:
> > > Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference error when mbox_request_channel()
> > > fails to allocate channel.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 4e9f8187aecb ("dmaengine: bcm-sba-raid: Use only single mailbox channel")
> > > Signed-off-by: Rayagonda Kokatanur <rayagonda.kokatanur@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/dma/bcm-sba-raid.c | 3 ++-
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/dma/bcm-sba-raid.c b/drivers/dma/bcm-sba-raid.c
> > > index 72878ac5c78d..77ae74663a45 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/dma/bcm-sba-raid.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/dma/bcm-sba-raid.c
> > > @@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ static int sba_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > > sba->mchan = mbox_request_channel(&sba->client, 0);
> > > if (IS_ERR(sba->mchan)) {
> > > ret = PTR_ERR(sba->mchan);
> > > - goto fail_free_mchan;
> > > + goto fail_exit;
> > > }
> > >
> > > /* Find-out underlying mailbox device */
> > > @@ -1747,6 +1747,7 @@ static int sba_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > > sba_freeup_channel_resources(sba);
> > > fail_free_mchan:
> > > mbox_free_channel(sba->mchan);
> > > +fail_exit:
> > > return ret;
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Looks good to me.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Ray Jui <ray.jui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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~Vinod