linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: of: Fix of_gpiochip

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Date:   Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:58:28 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Benoit Parrot <bparrot@...com>,
        Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
        Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@...labora.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: of: Fix of_gpiochip_add() error path

On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 2:13 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:

> If the call to of_gpiochip_scan_gpios() in of_gpiochip_add() fails, no
> error handling is performed.  This lead to the need of callers to call
> of_gpiochip_remove() on failure, which causes "BAD of_node_put() on ..."
> if the failure happened before the call to of_node_get().
>
> Fix this by adding proper error handling.
>
> Note that calling gpiochip_remove_pin_ranges() multiple times causes no
> harm: subsequent calls are a no-op.
>
> Fixes: dfbd379ba9b7431e ("gpio: of: Return error if gpio hog configuration failed")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij