Re: [PATCH 8/8] gpiolib: sanitize the return value of gpio_chip::get_direction()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Feb 24 2025 - 11:36:14 EST


On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 11:52:02AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> As per the API contract, the get_direction() callback can only
> return 0, 1 or a negative error number. Add a wrapper around the callback
> calls that filters out anything else.

...

> +static int gpiochip_get_direction(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + lockdep_assert_held(&gc->gpiodev->srcu);
> +
> + if (WARN_ON(!gc->get_direction))
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
> + ret = gc->get_direction(gc, offset);
> + if (ret > 1)

Would it be better to use the respective GPIO*... macro instead of 1?

> + ret = -EBADE;
> +
> + return ret;
> +}

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko