[PATCH] PCI: j721e: In j721e_pcie_suspend_noirq() check reset_gpio before to use it
Thomas Richard
thomas.richard at bootlin.com
Wed Dec 11 00:59:30 PST 2024
On 12/10/24 16:42, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2024 at 12:23:21PM +0100, Thomas Richard wrote:
>> The reset_gpio is optional, so in j721e_pcie_suspend_noirq() check if it is
>> not NULL before to use it.
>
> If you have occasion to post a v2, update subject to:
>
> PCI: j721e: Check reset_gpio for NULL before using it
>
> s/before to use it/before using it/
>
> Did you trip over a NULL pointer dereference here? Or maybe found via
> inspection?
By inspection
>
> It looks like gpiod_set_value_cansleep(desc) *should* be a no-op if
> desc is NULL, based on this comment [1]:
>
> * This descriptor validation needs to be inserted verbatim into each
> * function taking a descriptor, so we need to use a preprocessor
> * macro to avoid endless duplication. If the desc is NULL it is an
> * optional GPIO and calls should just bail out.
>
> and the fact that the VALIDATE_DESC_VOID() macro looks like it would
> return early in that case.
>
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c?id=v6.12#n2316
Oh yes you're right.
In fact, the if statement in probe() and resume_noirq() is for msleep(),
not really for gpiod_set_value_cansleep().
So this patch is useless.
Regards,
Thomas
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