linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] irqchip: mediatek: Fix error return code detection

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Date:	Tue, 9 Dec 2014 14:11:29 +0800
From:	Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@...iatek.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	Beniamino Galvani <b.galvani@...il.com>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	<srv_heupstream@...iatek.com>, <hc.yen@...iatek.com>,
	<yh.chen@...iatek.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	<nathan.chung@...iatek.com>, Sascha Hauer <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	<eddie.huang@...iatek.com>, <yingjoe.chen@...il.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] irqchip: mediatek: Fix error return code detection

On Mon, 2014-12-08 at 21:30 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Dec 2014, Yingjoe Chen wrote:
> 
> > This fix an error handling bug reported by Beniamino, this is based on
> > mtk intpol patches [1]
> >
> > Joe.C
> > 
> > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2014-November/305808.html
> > 
> > ====================
> > of_io_request_and_map() return ERR_PTR wrapped error code instead of
> > NULL when fail, fix code in mtk_sysirq_of_init() to correctly handle
> > this.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@...iatek.com>
> 
> This is not a proper changelog. Let me write up a proper one:
> 
> Subject: irqchip: mediatek: Use IS_ERR() instead of NULL pointer check
> 
> Beniamino reported a kernel oops caused by an invalid DT file for the
> mediatek interrupt polarity extension.
> 
> The reason is that the interrupt polarity support for mediatek chips
> merily checks for at NULL pointer instead of a casted error return
> value in mtk_sysirq_of_init() so any other casted error value passes
> the NULL pointer check and causes a kernel panic when dereferenced.
> 
> Use IS_ERR() and return the error value via PTR_ERR().
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Beniamino Galvani <b.galvani@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@...iatek.com>
> 
> Can you see the difference?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx

Thanks for the review.

This changelog describe issue and why we need this change more clearly.
I'll prepare a new patch with this changelog, Thanks.

Joe.C


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