Re: [PATCH v3] ata: sata_sx4: Add error handling in pdc20621_i2c_read()

From: Damien Le Moal
Date: Wed Apr 09 2025 - 02:27:40 EST


On 4/8/25 4:30 PM, Wentao Liang wrote:
> The function pdc20621_prog_dimm0() calls the function pdc20621_i2c_read()
> but does not handle the error if the read fails. This could lead to
> process with invalid data. A proper implementation can be found in
> /source/drivers/ata/sata_sx4.c, pdc20621_prog_dimm_global(). As mentioned
> in its commit: bb44e154e25125bef31fa956785e90fccd24610b, the variable spd0
> might be used uninitialized when pdc20621_i2c_read() fails.
>
> Add error handling to pdc20621_i2c_read(). If a read operation fails,
> an error message is logged via dev_err(), and return a negative error
> code.
>
> Add error handling to pdc20621_prog_dimm0() in pdc20621_dimm_init(), and
> return a negative error code if pdc20621_prog_dimm0() fails.
>
> Fixes: 4447d3515616 ("libata: convert the remaining SATA drivers to new init model")
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to for-6.15-fixes. Thanks !


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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research