linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] of: Fix of platform build on powerpc due to bad of disaply code

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Message-ID: <20230119132330.GP16547@kitsune.suse.cz>
Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:23:30 +0100
From:   Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@...e.de>
To:     Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        "Erhard F." <erhard_f@...lbox.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] of: Fix of platform build on powerpc due to bad of
 disaply code

On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 02:11:13PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Am 19.01.23 um 11:24 schrieb Christophe Leroy:
> > 
> > 
> > Le 19/01/2023 à 10:53, Michal Suchanek a écrit :
> > > The commit 2d681d6a23a1 ("of: Make of framebuffer devices unique")
> > > breaks build because of wrong argument to snprintf. That certainly
> > > avoids the runtime error but is not the intended outcome.
> > > 
> > > Also use standard device name format of-display.N for all created
> > > devices.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 2d681d6a23a1 ("of: Make of framebuffer devices unique")
> > > Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@...e.de>
> > > ---
> > > v2: Update the device name format
> > > ---
> > >    drivers/of/platform.c | 12 ++++++++----
> > >    1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
> > > index f2a5d679a324..8c1b1de22036 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/of/platform.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
> > > @@ -525,7 +525,9 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
> > >    	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC)) {
> > >    		struct device_node *boot_display = NULL;
> > >    		struct platform_device *dev;
> > > -		int display_number = 1;
> > > +		int display_number = 0;
> > > +		char buf[14];
> > 
> > Can you declare that in the for block where it is used instead ?
> > 
> > > +		char *of_display_format = "of-display.%d";
> > 
> > Should be const ?
> 
> That should be static const of_display_format[] = then

Why? It sounds completely fine to have a const pointer to a string
constatnt.

Thanks

Michal

> 
> > 
> > >    		int ret;
> > >    		/* Check if we have a MacOS display without a node spec */
> > > @@ -556,7 +558,10 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
> > >    			if (!of_get_property(node, "linux,opened", NULL) ||
> > >    			    !of_get_property(node, "linux,boot-display", NULL))
> > >    				continue;
> > > -			dev = of_platform_device_create(node, "of-display", NULL);
> > > +			ret = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), of_display_format, display_number++);
> > > +			if (ret >= sizeof(buf))
> > > +				continue;
> > 
> > 
> > Can you make buf big enough to avoid that ?
> > 
> > And by the way could it be called something else than 'buf' ?
> > 
> > See exemple here :
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.1/source/drivers/fsi/fsi-occ.c#L690
> > 
> > 
> > > +			dev = of_platform_device_create(node, buf, NULL);
> > >    			if (WARN_ON(!dev))
> > >    				return -ENOMEM;
> > >    			boot_display = node;
> > > @@ -564,10 +569,9 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
> > >    		}
> > >    		for_each_node_by_type(node, "display") {
> > > -			char *buf[14];
> > >    			if (!of_get_property(node, "linux,opened", NULL) || node == boot_display)
> > >    				continue;
> > > -			ret = snprintf(buf, "of-display-%d", display_number++);
> > > +			ret = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), of_display_format, display_number++);
> > >    			if (ret >= sizeof(buf))
> > >    				continue;
> > >    			of_platform_device_create(node, buf, NULL);
> 
> -- 
> Thomas Zimmermann
> Graphics Driver Developer
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