linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: nintendo: Fix an error handling path in nintendo_hid

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Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 17:48:51 +0200
From: "Silvan Jegen" <s.jegen@...il.com>
To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc: "Daniel J. Ogorchock" <djogorchock@...il.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>, Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@...nel.org>, Martino Fontana <tinozzo123@...il.com>, Ryan McClelland <rymcclel@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: nintendo: Fix an error handling path in nintendo_hid_probe()

Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> wrote:
> joycon_leds_create() has a ida_alloc() call. So if an error occurs after
> it, a corresponding ida_free() call is needed, as already done in the
> .remove function.
> 
> This is not 100% perfect, because if ida_alloc() fails, then
> 'ctlr->player_id' will forced to be U32_MAX, and an error will be logged
> when ida_free() is called.
> 
> Considering that this can't happen in real life, no special handling is
> done to handle it.
> 
> Fixes: 5307de63d71d ("HID: nintendo: use ida for LED player id")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

LGTM!

Reviewed-by: Silvan Jegen <s.jegen@...il.com>