Re: [PATCH] extcon: fix extcon_get_extcon_dev() error handling

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 11/18/21 12:32, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The extcon_get_extcon_dev() function returns error pointers on error
> and NULL when it's a -EPROBE_DEFER defer situation.  There are eight
> callers and only two of them handled this correctly.  In the other
> callers an error pointer return would lead to a crash.
> 
> What prevents crashes is that errors can only happen in the case of
> a bug in the caller or if CONFIG_EXTCON is disabled.  Six out of
> eight callers use the Kconfig to either depend on or select
> CONFIG_EXTCON.  Thus the real life impact of these bugs is tiny.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,

Hans


> ---
> The two callers where the drivers can be built without CONFIG_EXTCON
> are TYPEC_FUSB302 and CHARGER_MAX8997.
> 
> If we apply this patch, it might be a good idea to send it to -stable
> so that backported code that relies on handling error pointers does
> not break silently.
> 
>  drivers/extcon/extcon.c                |  2 +-
>  drivers/power/supply/axp288_charger.c  | 17 ++++++++++-------
>  drivers/power/supply/charger-manager.c |  7 ++-----
>  drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.c | 10 +++++-----
>  drivers/usb/dwc3/drd.c                 |  9 ++-------
>  drivers/usb/phy/phy-omap-otg.c         |  4 ++--
>  drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/fusb302.c       |  4 ++--
>  drivers/extcon/extcon-axp288.c         |  4 ++--
>  8 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
> index e7a9561a826d..a35e99928807 100644
> --- a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
> +++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
> @@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ struct extcon_dev *extcon_get_extcon_dev(const char *extcon_name)
>  		if (!strcmp(sd->name, extcon_name))
>  			goto out;
>  	}
> -	sd = NULL;
> +	sd = ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
>  out:
>  	mutex_unlock(&extcon_dev_list_lock);
>  	return sd;
> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/axp288_charger.c b/drivers/power/supply/axp288_charger.c
> index ec41f6cd3f93..4acfeb52a44e 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/supply/axp288_charger.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/axp288_charger.c
> @@ -848,17 +848,20 @@ static int axp288_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	info->regmap_irqc = axp20x->regmap_irqc;
>  
>  	info->cable.edev = extcon_get_extcon_dev(AXP288_EXTCON_DEV_NAME);
> -	if (info->cable.edev == NULL) {
> -		dev_dbg(dev, "%s is not ready, probe deferred\n",
> -			AXP288_EXTCON_DEV_NAME);
> -		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> +	if (IS_ERR(info->cable.edev)) {
> +		dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(info->cable.edev),
> +			      "extcon_get_extcon_dev(%s) failed\n",
> +			      AXP288_EXTCON_DEV_NAME);
> +		return PTR_ERR(info->cable.edev);
>  	}
>  
>  	if (acpi_dev_present(USB_HOST_EXTCON_HID, NULL, -1)) {
>  		info->otg.cable = extcon_get_extcon_dev(USB_HOST_EXTCON_NAME);
> -		if (info->otg.cable == NULL) {
> -			dev_dbg(dev, "EXTCON_USB_HOST is not ready, probe deferred\n");
> -			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> +		if (IS_ERR(info->otg.cable)) {
> +			dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(info->otg.cable),
> +				      "extcon_get_extcon_dev(%s) failed\n",
> +				      USB_HOST_EXTCON_NAME);
> +			return PTR_ERR(info->otg.cable);
>  		}
>  		dev_info(dev, "Using " USB_HOST_EXTCON_HID " extcon for usb-id\n");
>  	}
> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/charger-manager.c b/drivers/power/supply/charger-manager.c
> index d67edb760c94..92db79400a6a 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/supply/charger-manager.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/charger-manager.c
> @@ -985,13 +985,10 @@ static int charger_extcon_init(struct charger_manager *cm,
>  	cable->nb.notifier_call = charger_extcon_notifier;
>  
>  	cable->extcon_dev = extcon_get_extcon_dev(cable->extcon_name);
> -	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(cable->extcon_dev)) {
> +	if (IS_ERR(cable->extcon_dev)) {
>  		pr_err("Cannot find extcon_dev for %s (cable: %s)\n",
>  			cable->extcon_name, cable->name);
> -		if (cable->extcon_dev == NULL)
> -			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> -		else
> -			return PTR_ERR(cable->extcon_dev);
> +		return PTR_ERR(cable->extcon_dev);
>  	}
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(extcon_mapping); i++) {
> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.c b/drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.c
> index 25207fe2aa68..634658adf313 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.c
> @@ -248,13 +248,13 @@ static int max8997_battery_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "couldn't get charger regulator\n");
>  	}
>  	charger->edev = extcon_get_extcon_dev("max8997-muic");
> -	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(charger->edev)) {
> -		if (!charger->edev)
> -			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> -		dev_info(charger->dev, "couldn't get extcon device\n");
> +	if (IS_ERR(charger->edev)) {
> +		dev_err_probe(charger->dev, PTR_ERR(charger->edev),
> +			      "couldn't get extcon device: max8997-muic\n");
> +		return PTR_ERR(charger->edev);
>  	}
>  
> -	if (!IS_ERR(charger->reg) && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(charger->edev)) {
> +	if (!IS_ERR(charger->reg)) {
>  		INIT_WORK(&charger->extcon_work, max8997_battery_extcon_evt_worker);
>  		ret = devm_add_action(&pdev->dev, max8997_battery_extcon_evt_stop_work, charger);
>  		if (ret) {
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/drd.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/drd.c
> index d7f76835137f..a490f79131c1 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/drd.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/drd.c
> @@ -454,13 +454,8 @@ static struct extcon_dev *dwc3_get_extcon(struct dwc3 *dwc)
>  	 * This device property is for kernel internal use only and
>  	 * is expected to be set by the glue code.
>  	 */
> -	if (device_property_read_string(dev, "linux,extcon-name", &name) == 0) {
> -		edev = extcon_get_extcon_dev(name);
> -		if (!edev)
> -			return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
> -
> -		return edev;
> -	}
> +	if (device_property_read_string(dev, "linux,extcon-name", &name) == 0)
> +		return extcon_get_extcon_dev(name);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Try to get an extcon device from the USB PHY controller's "port"
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-omap-otg.c b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-omap-otg.c
> index ee0863c6553e..6e6ef8c0bc7e 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-omap-otg.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-omap-otg.c
> @@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ static int omap_otg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
>  	extcon = extcon_get_extcon_dev(config->extcon);
> -	if (!extcon)
> -		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> +	if (IS_ERR(extcon))
> +		return PTR_ERR(extcon);
>  
>  	otg_dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*otg_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!otg_dev)
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/fusb302.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/fusb302.c
> index 7a2a17866a82..8594b59bd527 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/fusb302.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/fusb302.c
> @@ -1706,8 +1706,8 @@ static int fusb302_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>  	 */
>  	if (device_property_read_string(dev, "linux,extcon-name", &name) == 0) {
>  		chip->extcon = extcon_get_extcon_dev(name);
> -		if (!chip->extcon)
> -			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> +		if (IS_ERR(chip->extcon))
> +			return PTR_ERR(chip->extcon);
>  	}
>  
>  	chip->vbus = devm_regulator_get(chip->dev, "vbus");
> diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon-axp288.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon-axp288.c
> index 7c6d5857ff25..180be768c215 100644
> --- a/drivers/extcon/extcon-axp288.c
> +++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon-axp288.c
> @@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ static int axp288_extcon_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		if (adev) {
>  			info->id_extcon = extcon_get_extcon_dev(acpi_dev_name(adev));
>  			put_device(&adev->dev);
> -			if (!info->id_extcon)
> -				return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> +			if (IS_ERR(info->id_extcon))
> +				return PTR_ERR(info->id_extcon);
>  
>  			dev_info(dev, "controlling USB role\n");
>  		} else {
>