linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: dw-edma: Fix (and simplify) the probe broken since ecb8c88bd31c

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Date:   Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:26:57 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     gustavo.pimentel@...opsys.com, wangqing@...o.com,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: dw-edma: Fix (and simplify) the probe broken
 since ecb8c88bd31c

On 09-11-21, 22:09, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> The commit in the Fixes: tag has changed the logic of the code and now it
> is likely that the probe will return an early success (0), even if not
> completely executed.
> 
> This should lead to a crash or similar issue later on when the code
> accesses to some never allocated resources.
> 
> Change the '!err' into a 'err' when checking if
> 'dma_set_mask_and_coherent()' has failed or not.
> 
> While at it, simplify the code and remove the "can't success code" related
> to 32 DMA mask.
> As stated in [1], 'dma_set_mask_and_coherent(DMA_BIT_MASK(64))' can't fail
> if 'dev->dma_mask' is non-NULL. And if it is NULL, it would fail for the
> same reason when tried with DMA_BIT_MASK(32).

The patch title should describe the changes in the patch and not the
outcome! So I have taken the liberty to update this to:
dmaengine: dw-edma: Fix return value check for dma_set_mask_and_coherent()

-- 
~Vinod