[PATCH 04/17] irqchip/irq-mvebu-icu: fix wrong user data retrieval

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Mon Apr 30 06:49:13 PDT 2018


Hello,

In the title, I think "user data" is not really appropriate. "private
date" or "device private data" maybe ?

On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 15:55:24 +0200, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> The irq_domain structure has an host_data pointer that just stores user
> data. It is meant to not be touched by the IRQ core. However, when it
> comes to MSI, the MSI layer adds its own private data there with a
> structure that also has a host_data pointer.
> 
> Because this IRQ domain is an MSI domain, to access user data we should
> do a d->host_data->host_data, also wrapped as
> 'platform_msi_get_host_data()'.
> 
> This bug was lying there silently because the 'icu' structure retrieved
> this way was just called by dev_err(), only producing a
> '(NULL device *):' output on the console.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>

Otherwise:

Reviewed-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>

Thanks!

Thomas
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