linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 7/9] mfd: mfd-core: Protect against NULL call-back function pointer

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Message-Id: <20191021105822.20271-8-lee.jones@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:58:20 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     daniel.thompson@...aro.org, arnd@...db.de, broonie@...nel.org,
        linus.walleij@...aro.org
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        baohua@...nel.org, stephan@...hold.net,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 7/9] mfd: mfd-core: Protect against NULL call-back function pointer

If a child device calls mfd_cell_{en,dis}able() without an appropriate
call-back being set, we are likely to encounter a panic.  Avoid this
by adding suitable checking.

Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
index 8126665bb2d8..90b43b44a15a 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ int mfd_cell_enable(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	const struct mfd_cell *cell = mfd_get_cell(pdev);
 	int err = 0;
 
+	if (!cell->enable) {
+		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "No .enable() call-back registered\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* only call enable hook if the cell wasn't previously enabled */
 	if (atomic_inc_return(cell->usage_count) == 1)
 		err = cell->enable(pdev);
@@ -45,6 +50,11 @@ int mfd_cell_disable(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	const struct mfd_cell *cell = mfd_get_cell(pdev);
 	int err = 0;
 
+	if (!cell->enable) {
+		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "No .disable() call-back registered\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* only disable if no other clients are using it */
 	if (atomic_dec_return(cell->usage_count) == 0)
 		err = cell->disable(pdev);
-- 
2.17.1