Re: [PATCH v2] fbdev: platinumfb: add error checking for ioremap calls
From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 19:59:30 EST
On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 11:03:07AM +0200, Helge Deller wrote:
> On 8/17/26 08:39, yuebingkun wrote:
> > The ioremap() and ioremap_wt() calls in platinumfb_probe() were not
> > checked for failure. If any of these mappings fail, the driver would
> > dereference NULL pointers, leading to a kernel panic.
> >
> > Add proper error checking and use goto-based cleanup to avoid code
> > duplication across the error paths.
> >
> > Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
>
> That Fixes line ^^^ has no value, so I dropped it.
>
> > Signed-off-by: yuebingkun <yuebingkun@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Would be nice to have your Name written out here, e.g. Yue Bing Kun (or something),
> but I've left it as-is for now. In case you resend with full name, I can replace it
> in the git tree.
>
> > drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> Patch applied (with the Fixes line dropped).
This patch introduces a compiler warning for me:
drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c: In function 'platinumfb_probe':
drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c:650:1: warning: label 'err_unmap_regs' defined but not used [-Wunused-label]
650 | err_unmap_regs:
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As far as I can tell, it is unnecessary, so maybe this could be folded
in? Otherwise, I can send a formal patch.
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c
index f74c937c839f..81fdaa3541db 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c
@@ -647,7 +647,6 @@ static int platinumfb_probe(struct platform_device* odev)
iounmap(pinfo->cmap_regs);
err_release_cmap:
release_mem_region(pinfo->cmap_regs_phys, 0x1000);
-err_unmap_regs:
iounmap(pinfo->platinum_regs);
err_unmap_fb:
iounmap(pinfo->frame_buffer);
--
Cheers,
Nathan