Re: [PATCH 5.10 262/563] uio: uio_dmem_genirq: Catch the Exception

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 11:47:25AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > From: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit eec91694f927d1026974444eb6a3adccd4f1cbc2 ]
> > 
> > The return value of dma_set_coherent_mask() is not always 0.
> > To catch the exception in case that dma is not support the mask.
> > 
> > Fixes: 0a0c3b5a24bd ("Add new uio device for dynamic memory allocation")
> 
> 
> > +++ b/drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c
> > @@ -183,7 +183,11 @@ static int uio_dmem_genirq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  		goto bad0;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
> > +	ret = dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
> > +	if (ret) {
> > +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "DMA enable failed\n");
> > +		return ret;
> > +	}
> 
> Handing errors is good, but you may not directly return here as it
> would leak the resources. Something like this?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Best regards,
> 								Pavel
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c b/drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c
> index bf39a424ea77..7b80d0c02735 100644
> --- a/drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c
> +++ b/drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c
> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int uio_dmem_genirq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	ret = dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
>  	if (ret) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "DMA enable failed\n");
> -		return ret;
> +		goto bad0;
>  	}
>  
>  	priv->uioinfo = uioinfo;
> 
> 
> 
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Yeah, this commit should not be backported, I'll go drop it from
everywhere.  But the original commit in Linus's tree is fine as the
error handling is not like this anymore.

thanks,

greg k-h