linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: sunxi: fix possible race condition

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Date:   Mon, 4 Jun 2018 14:31:24 +0200
From:   Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>
To:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
Cc:     linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: sunxi: fix possible race condition

On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 02:05:40PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> The IRQ is requested before the struct rtc is allocated and registered, but
> this struct is used in the IRQ handler. This may lead to a NULL pointer
> dereference.
> 
> Switch to devm_rtc_allocate_device/rtc_register_device to allocate the rtc
> before requesting the IRQ.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>

Acked-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>

Maxime

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