Re: [PATCH 3/7] iio: light: veml6030: fix IIO device retrieval from embedded device

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Sat Sep 14 2024 - 10:51:50 EST


On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:18:58 +0200
Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The dev pointer that is received as an argument in the
> in_illuminance_period_available_show function references the device
> embedded in the IIO device, not in the i2c client.
>
> dev_to_iio_dev() must be used to accessthe right data. The current
> implementation leads to a segmentation fault on every attempt to read
> the attribute because indio_dev gets a NULL assignment.
>
> This bug has been present since the first appearance of the driver,
> apparently since the last version (V6) before getting applied. A
> constant attribute was used until then, and the last modifications might
> have not been tested again.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 7b779f573c48 ("iio: light: add driver for veml6030 ambient light sensor")
> Signed-off-by: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@xxxxxxxxx>
Applied to the fixes-togreg branch of iio.git.

Thanks,
Jonathan

> ---
> drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c b/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c
> index 2e86d310952e..df2ba3078b91 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c
> @@ -99,9 +99,8 @@ static const char * const period_values[] = {
> static ssize_t in_illuminance_period_available_show(struct device *dev,
> struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> {
> + struct veml6030_data *data = iio_priv(dev_to_iio_dev(dev));
> int ret, reg, x;
> - struct iio_dev *indio_dev = i2c_get_clientdata(to_i2c_client(dev));
> - struct veml6030_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
>
> ret = regmap_read(data->regmap, VEML6030_REG_ALS_CONF, &reg);
> if (ret) {
>