[PATCH] powerpc/44x/uic: Consolidate chained IRQ handler install/remove

From: Chen Ni

Date: Mon Jan 19 2026 - 01:37:02 EST


The driver currently sets the handler data and the chained handler in
two separate steps. This creates a theoretical race window where an
interrupt could fire after the handler is set but before the data is
assigned, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Replace the two calls with irq_set_chained_handler_and_data() to set
both the handler and its data atomically under the irq_desc->lock.

Signed-off-by: Chen Ni <nichen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/44x/uic.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/44x/uic.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/44x/uic.c
index 85daf841fd3f..50ce4a77ca94 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/44x/uic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/44x/uic.c
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ void __init uic_init_tree(void)

cascade_virq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);

- irq_set_handler_data(cascade_virq, uic);
- irq_set_chained_handler(cascade_virq, uic_irq_cascade);
+ irq_set_chained_handler_and_data(cascade_virq,
+ uic_irq_cascade, uic);

/* FIXME: setup critical cascade?? */
}
--
2.25.1