linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: Fix return value of gpio_to

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Date:   Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:06:17 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Janusz Krzysztofik <jmkrzyszt@...il.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: Fix return value of gpio_to_desc() stub if !GPIOLIB

On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 10:45 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org> wrote:

> If CONFIG_GPOILIB is not set, the stub of gpio_to_desc() should return
> the same type of error as regular version: NULL.  All the callers
> compare the return value of gpio_to_desc() against NULL, so returned
> ERR_PTR would be treated as non-error case leading to dereferencing of
> error value.
>
> Fixes: 79a9becda894 ("gpiolib: export descriptor-based GPIO interface")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>

Patch applied. I kept the Fixes but removed stable, I do not know
of any regression it is fixing.

Yours,
Linus Walleij