linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: tegra: Fix the check during DMA channel release

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Date:   Sat, 5 Aug 2023 15:01:47 +0200
From:   Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
To:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
Cc:     Akhil R <akhilrajeev@...dia.com>, christian.koenig@....com,
        digetx@...il.com, jonathanh@...dia.com, ldewangan@...dia.com,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, sumit.semwal@...aro.org,
        wsa@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: tegra: Fix the check during DMA channel release

Hi Thierry and Akhil,

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 05:24:15PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 08:42:40PM +0530, Akhil R wrote:
> > Check for error and NULL before attempting to release DMA channel.
> > 
> > This, otherwise, was causing panic and crash in kernel when the
> > dma_chan has an invalid value. The condition occurs during init_dma()
> > when the dma_request_chan() function returns an error.
> > 
> > Fixes: fcc8a89a1c83 ("i2c: tegra: Share same DMA channel for RX and TX")
> > Signed-off-by: Akhil R <akhilrajeev@...dia.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

I guess this patch is not needed anymore.

Andi