[PATCH v3 2/2] regulator: check that dummy regulator has been probed before using it

From: Christian Eggers
Date: Thu Mar 13 2025 - 06:31:56 EST


Due to asynchronous driver probing there is a chance that the dummy
regulator hasn't already been probed when first accessing it.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christian Eggers <ceggers@xxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- return -EPROBE_DEFER rather than using BUG_ON()

v3:
- move dev_warn() below returning -EPROBE_DEFER

drivers/regulator/core.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index 4ddf0efead68..4d0f13899e6b 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -2069,6 +2069,10 @@ static int regulator_resolve_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev)

if (have_full_constraints()) {
r = dummy_regulator_rdev;
+ if (!r) {
+ ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+ goto out;
+ }
get_device(&r->dev);
} else {
dev_err(dev, "Failed to resolve %s-supply for %s\n",
@@ -2086,6 +2090,10 @@ static int regulator_resolve_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
goto out;
}
r = dummy_regulator_rdev;
+ if (!r) {
+ ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+ goto out;
+ }
get_device(&r->dev);
}

@@ -2211,8 +2219,10 @@ struct regulator *_regulator_get_common(struct regulator_dev *rdev, struct devic
* enabled, even if it isn't hooked up, and just
* provide a dummy.
*/
- dev_warn(dev, "supply %s not found, using dummy regulator\n", id);
rdev = dummy_regulator_rdev;
+ if (!rdev)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+ dev_warn(dev, "supply %s not found, using dummy regulator\n", id);
get_device(&rdev->dev);
break;

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2.44.1