linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ti-msgmgr: fix of_irq_get

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Date:   Sun, 30 Jul 2017 00:12:01 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ti-msgmgr: fix of_irq_get_byname() error check

On 07/30/2017 12:04 AM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

> of_irq_get_byname() may  return 0 as well as negative error number on
> failure,  while the driver only checks for the negative values. The driver
> would then call request_irq(0, ...) in ti_msgmgr_queue_startup() and never
> get a valid channel interrupt.
>
> Check for 'qinst->irq <= 0' instead and return -ENXIO from
> ti_msgmgr_queue_setup() and this fail the driver's probe iff

   s/this/thus/, sorry for the typo.

> of_irq_get_byname() returned 0.
>
> Fixes: aace66b170ce ("mailbox: Introduce TI message manager driver")
> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
[...]

MBR, Sergei