linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pwm: spear: fix check on pwmchip

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 7 May 2014 10:24:11 +0200
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:	Beniamino Galvani <b.galvani@...il.com>, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pwm: spear: fix check on pwmchip_add() return value

On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 11:37:25AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 2:59 AM, Beniamino Galvani <b.galvani@...il.com> wrote:
> > pwmchip_add() returns zero on success and a negative value on error,
> > so the condition of the check must be inverted.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Beniamino Galvani <b.galvani@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/pwm/pwm-spear.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-spear.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-spear.c
> > index cb2d4f0..945556d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-spear.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-spear.c
> > @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int spear_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >         }
> >
> >         ret = pwmchip_add(&pc->chip);
> > -       if (!ret) {
> > +       if (ret < 0) {
> >                 clk_unprepare(pc->clk);
> >                 dev_err(&pdev->dev, "pwmchip_add() failed: %d\n", ret);
> >         }

So the current code would run clk_unprepare() on success, but not on
failure. Does that cause any harm? Is the device still usable after
this? I'm asking because I'm not sure if this is linux-next material
or should be a fix for 3.15 (and possibly backported to stable).

Thierry

Content of type "application/pgp-signature" skipped