linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] mfd: intel_quark_i2c_gpio: revert "Constify static struct resources"

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Message-ID: <20210319083937.GH2916463@dell>
Date:   Fri, 19 Mar 2021 08:39:37 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] mfd: intel_quark_i2c_gpio: revert "Constify
 static struct resources"

On Thu, 18 Mar 2021, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 09:59:03PM +0100, Rikard Falkeborn wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 03:56:16PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > The structures are used as place holders, so they are modified at run-time.
> > > Obviously they may not be constants.
> > > 
> > >   BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: d0643220
> > >   ...
> > >   CPU: 0 PID: 110 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 5.11.0+ #1
> > >   Hardware name: Intel Corp. QUARK/GalileoGen2, BIOS 0x01000200 01/01/2014
> > >   EIP: intel_quark_mfd_probe+0x93/0x1c0 [intel_quark_i2c_gpio]
> > > 
> > > This partially reverts the commit c4a164f41554d2899bed94bdcc499263f41787b4.
> > > 
> > > While at it, add a comment to avoid similar changes in the future.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: c4a164f41554 ("mfd: Constify static struct resources")
> > > Cc: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/mfd/intel_quark_i2c_gpio.c | 6 ++++--
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/intel_quark_i2c_gpio.c b/drivers/mfd/intel_quark_i2c_gpio.c
> > > index 55a9e017edee..124c0ee84169 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/mfd/intel_quark_i2c_gpio.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/mfd/intel_quark_i2c_gpio.c
> > > @@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id dmi_platform_info[] = {
> > >  	{}
> > >  };
> > >  
> > > -static const struct resource intel_quark_i2c_res[] = {
> > > +/* This is used as a place holder and will be modified at run-time */
> > > +static struct resource intel_quark_i2c_res[] = {
> > >  	[INTEL_QUARK_IORES_MEM] = {
> > >  		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM,
> > >  	},
> > > @@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ static struct mfd_cell_acpi_match intel_quark_acpi_match_i2c = {
> > >  	.adr = MFD_ACPI_MATCH_I2C,
> > >  };
> > >  
> > > -static const struct resource intel_quark_gpio_res[] = {
> > > +/* This is used as a place holder and will be modified at run-time */
> > > +static struct resource intel_quark_gpio_res[] = {
> > >  	[INTEL_QUARK_IORES_MEM] = {
> > >  		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM,
> > >  	},
> > 
> > Sorry about that :(
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
> 
> Thanks for review!
> 
> Lee, this series has a critical bug fix, should I do something or you is going
> to apply this soon?

It's on my to-review list.

I can prioritise bug fixes though - can it be applied by itself?

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