Thread (15 messages) 15 messages, 4 authors, 2019-08-06

Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] serial: mctrl_gpio: Add a NULL check to mctrl_gpio_to_gpiod()

From: Schrempf Frieder <hidden>
Date: 2019-08-05 09:01:43
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On 02.08.19 14:12, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 10:04:10AM +0000, Schrempf Frieder wrote:
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From: Frieder Schrempf <redacted>

As it is allowed to use the mctrl_gpio_* functions before
initialization (as the 8250 driver does according to 434be0ae7aa7),
Actually I was surprised some time ago that 8250 used serial_mctrl
without first initializing it and expecting it to work. I didn't look in
detail, but I wouldn't go so far to call this "allowed". The commit
itself calls it "workaround" which seems a better match.
Ok, but if this is considered to be a workaround and as the 8250 driver 
does not use mctrl_gpio_to_gpiod(), we should maybe just drop this patch 
instead of encouraging others to use mctrl_gpio before initialization.

I'm really not sure what's best, so depending on what you will propose, 
I'll send a new version of this patch with adjusted commit message or not.

By the way, Uwe and Fabio: Thanks for your reviews!
quoted
it seems appropriate to have a NULL check in all of the functions.
Otherwise the mctrl_gpio_to_gpiod() function is prone to be used
in a context that can lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Frieder Schrempf <redacted>
Best regards
Uwe
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