[PATCH] ARM: s3c: irq-s3c24xx: Fix return value check for s3c24xx_init_intc()

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com
Wed Sep 1 05:31:36 PDT 2021


On 01/09/2021 14:28, Jackie Liu wrote:
> 
> Hi Krzysztof, Thanks for you message.
> 
> 在 2021/9/1 下午8:09, Krzysztof Kozlowski 写道:
>> On 31/08/2021 11:57, Jackie Liu wrote:
>>> From: Jackie Liu <liuyun01 at kylinos.cn>
>>>
>>> The s3c24xx_init_intc() returns an error pointer upon failure, not NULL.
>>> let's add an error pointer check in s3c24xx_handle_irq.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 1f629b7a3ced ("ARM: S3C24XX: transform irq handling into a declarative form")
>>> Signed-off-by: Jackie Liu <liuyun01 at kylinos.cn>
>>
>> Please use scripts/get_maintainers.pl to get list of mailing lists to
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>>
>>> ---
>>>   arch/arm/mach-s3c/irq-s3c24xx.c | 4 ++--
>>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/irq-s3c24xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/irq-s3c24xx.c
>>> index 0c631c14a817..d58bf0f9bf9a 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/irq-s3c24xx.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/irq-s3c24xx.c
>>> @@ -362,11 +362,11 @@ static inline int s3c24xx_handle_intc(struct s3c_irq_intc *intc,
>>>   static asmlinkage void __exception_irq_entry s3c24xx_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
>>>   {
>>>   	do {
>>> -		if (likely(s3c_intc[0]))
>>> +		if (likely(!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(s3c_intc[0])))
>>>   			if (s3c24xx_handle_intc(s3c_intc[0], regs, 0))
>>
>> Thanks for the patch but it does not look entirely correct.
>>
>> For platform based machines, neither ERR nor NULL can happen here.
>> The s3c24xx_handle_irq() will be set as IRQ handler iff this succeeds:
>>      s3c_intc[0] = s3c24xx_init_intc()
>>
>> If this fails, the next calls to s3c24xx_init_intc() won't be executed.
>>
>> For DT machine, s3c_init_intc_of() could set the IRQ handler without
>> setting s3c_intc[0] only if it was called with num_ctrl=0. There is no
>> such code path, so again the s3c_intc[0] will have a valid pointer if
>> set_handle_irq() is called.
>>
>> Therefore in s3c24xx_handle_irq(), the s3c_intc[0] is always something.
>>
>> The code can be simplified by removing if(), if we really wanted and
>> were sure about it.
> 
> In fact, I didn't study his underlying logic in depth, but found that
> this place was not particularly perfect based on the return value of the
> function, because I happened to encounter a similar problem elsewhere.
> 
>>
>>
>>>   				continue;
>>>   
>>> -		if (s3c_intc[2])
>>> +		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(s3c_intc[2]))
>>
>> For the non-DT case, this seems ugly but proper solution. The
>> s3c_intc[2] could be NULL (not set at all) or set as ERR (if
>> s3c24xx_init_intc() fails).
>>
>>>   			if (s3c24xx_handle_intc(s3c_intc[2], regs, 64))
>>>   				continue;
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
>>
> 
> Would you mind review v2?

Sure, please send it.


Best regards,
Krzysztof



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