Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] PCI: spacemit-k1: Add device data support
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 02:55:24 EST
On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 05:44:50AM +0000, Yao Zi wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 04:00:33PM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 01:26:44PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 07, 2026 at 07:26:00PM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
...
> > > > + data = device_get_match_data(dev);
> > > > + if (!data)
> > > > + return -ENODEV;
> > >
> > > It's better to use -ENODATA which will help to distinguish from other ENODEV
> > > cases (which are more often to happen).
> >
> > OK, thanks
>
> Honestly, I don't think this should even happen, since every compatible
> supported by the driver carries its own of_match_data, and failing to
> do so is obviously a driver bug, so I think this branch could be
> dropped.
Does this driver do not support driver_override? How comes?
(Note, Sashiko is full of the issues of not checking for NULL the matching data
and hence it describes a scenario in which this leads to NULL pointer
dereference.)
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko