Thread (12 messages) 12 messages, 3 authors, 2021-11-15

Re: [PATCH v2] can: etas_es58x: fix error handling

From: Pavel Skripkin <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-15 08:31:19
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On 11/15/21 11:16, Johan Hovold wrote:
On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 11:15:07AM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
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On 11/15/21 11:11, Johan Hovold wrote:
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Just a drive-by comment:

Are you sure about this move of the netdev[channel_idx] initialisation?
What happens if the registered can device is opened before you
initialise the pointer? NULL-deref in es58x_send_msg()?

You generally want the driver data fully initialised before you register
the device so this looks broken.

And either way it is arguably an unrelated change that should go in a
separate patch explaining why it is needed and safe.

It was suggested by Vincent who is the maintainer of this driver [1].
Yeah, I saw that, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is correct.

You're still responsible for the changes you make and need to be able to
argue why they are correct.
Sure! I should have check it before sending v2 :( My bad, sorry. I see 
now, that there is possible calltrace which can hit NULL defer.

One thing I am wondering about is why in some code parts there are 
validation checks for es58x_dev->netdev[i] and in others they are missing.

Anyway, it's completely out of scope of current patch, I am going to 
resend v1 with fixed Fixes tag. Thank you for review!





With regards,
Pavel Skripkin
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