linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] habanalabs: fix incorrect check on failed workqueue create

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Date:   Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:51:48 +0300
From:   Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@...il.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Tomer Tayar <ttayar@...ana.ai>,
        Omer Shpigelman <oshpigelman@...ana.ai>,
        Ofir Bitton <obitton@...ana.ai>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] habanalabs: fix incorrect check on failed workqueue create

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:20 AM Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> The null check on a failed workqueue create is currently null checking
> hdev->cq_wq rather than the pointer hdev->cq_wq[i] and so the test
> will never be true on a failed workqueue create. Fix this by checking
> hdev->cq_wq[i].
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check")
> Fixes: 5574cb2194b1 ("habanalabs: Assign each CQ with its own work queue")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/device.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/device.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/device.c
> index be16b75bdfdb..35214a186913 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/device.c
> @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int device_early_init(struct hl_device *hdev)
>         for (i = 0 ; i < hdev->asic_prop.completion_queues_count ; i++) {
>                 snprintf(workq_name, 32, "hl-free-jobs-%u", i);
>                 hdev->cq_wq[i] = create_singlethread_workqueue(workq_name);
> -               if (hdev->cq_wq == NULL) {
> +               if (hdev->cq_wq[i] == NULL) {
>                         dev_err(hdev->dev, "Failed to allocate CQ workqueue\n");
>                         rc = -ENOMEM;
>                         goto free_cq_wq;
> --
> 2.27.0
>

This patch is:
Reviewed-by: Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@...il.com>

Greg, can you please apply it directly to the char-misc-next branch ?
I don't want to send a pull request for 1 patch.

Thanks,
Oded