linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: smem: Fix errant private access

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Date:	Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:50:17 -0700
From:	Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...ymobile.com>
To:	Andy Gross <agross@...eaurora.org>
CC:	"linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: smem: Fix errant private access

On Fri 14 Aug 20:56 PDT 2015, Andy Gross wrote:

> This patch corrects private partition item access.  Instead of falling back to
> global for instances where we have an actual host and remote partition existing,
> return the results of the private lookup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Gross <agross@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c |    5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c
> index 7c2c324c..6603201d 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c
> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c
> @@ -484,8 +484,9 @@ int qcom_smem_get(unsigned host, unsigned item, void **ptr, size_t *size)
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	ret = qcom_smem_get_private(__smem, host, item, ptr, size);
> -	if (ret == -ENOENT)
> +	if (host < SMEM_HOST_COUNT && __smem->partitions[host])
> +		ret = qcom_smem_get_private(__smem, host, item, ptr, size);
> +	else
>  		ret = qcom_smem_get_global(__smem, item, ptr, size);

Looks good, but you can drop the if statement in the beginning of the
qcom_smem_get_private() now.

Can you please also do the same change in the alloc path, to keep them
consistent?

Regards,
Bjorn
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