linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers: thermal: tsens: fix wrong check for tzd in irq handlers

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Date:   Tue, 7 Sep 2021 13:38:31 -0700
From:   Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
To:     Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc:     Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Amit Kucheria <amitk@...nel.org>,
        Thara Gopinath <thara.gopinath@...aro.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers: thermal: tsens: fix wrong check for tzd in
 irq handlers

On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 07:47:07PM +0200, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> Some device can have some thermal sensor disabled from the factory. The
> current 2 irq handler functions check all the sensor by default and the
> check if the sensor was actually registered is wrong. The tzd is
> actually never set if the registration fail hence the IS_ERR check is
> wrong.

Indeed, tsens_register() doesn't assign ->tzd when the registration of
the sensor fails.

> Signed-off-by: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>