Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: intel: chtwc_int33fe: don't dereference swnode args
From: Philipp Zabel
Date: Fri Nov 21 2025 - 09:43:59 EST
On Fr, 2025-11-21 at 11:04 +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Members of struct software_node_ref_args should not be dereferenced
> directly but set using the provided macros. Commit d7cdbbc93c56
> ("software node: allow referencing firmware nodes") changed the name of
> the software node member and caused a build failure. Remove all direct
> dereferences of the ref struct as a fix.
>
> However, this driver also seems to abuse the software node interface by
> waiting for a node with an arbitrary name "intel-xhci-usb-sw" to appear
> in the system before setting up the reference for the I2C device, while
> the actual software node already exists in the intel-xhci-usb-role-switch
> module and should be used to set up a static reference. Add a FIXME for
> a future improvement.
>
> Fixes: d7cdbbc93c56 ("software node: allow referencing firmware nodes")
> Fixes: 53c24c2932e5 ("platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: use inline reference properties")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251121111534.7cdbfe5c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This should go into the reset tree as a fix to the regression introduced
> by the reset-gpio driver rework.
Applied to reset/gpio, thanks!
[1/1] platform/x86: intel: chtwc_int33fe: don't dereference swnode args
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/pza/linux/commit/?id=527250cd9092
regards
Philipp