[PATCH] pinctrl: sirf: atlas7: fix of_irq_get() error check

Sergei Shtylyov sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com
Mon Aug 7 09:20:59 PDT 2017


On 08/07/2017 04:30 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:

>>>>>> of_irq_get() may return  any negative error number as well as 0 on
>>>>>> failure,
>>>>>> while the driver only checks for -EPROBE_DEFER, blithely continuing
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> the call to gpiochip_set_chained_irqchip() -- that function expects the
>>>>>> parent IRQ as *unsigned int*, so would probably do nothing  when a
>>>>>> large
>>>>>> IRQ number resulting from a conversion of a negative error number is
>>>>>> passed
>>>>>> to it, however passing 0 would probably work but the driver won't
>>>>>> receive
>>>>>> valid GPIO bank interrupts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Check for 'ret <= 0' instead and return -ENXIO from the driver's probe
>>>>>> iff
>>>>>> of_irq_get() returned 0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fixes: f9367793293d ("pinctrl: sirf: add sirf atlas7 pinctrl and gpio
>>>>>> support")
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Patch applied!
>>>>
>>>>     Thanks! But to which branch? I'm not seeing it in linux-pinctrl.git...
>>>
>>> devel.
>>
>>     Still not seeing the patch, perhaps you forgot to push?
> 
> Nah just haven't had time to push yet...

    Ah... seeing the patches now, thanks!

> My mailbox is filling up with new patches at the same pace that I
> apply them it seems.

    The joys of being a maintainer. :-)

> Linus

MBR, Sergei



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