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

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.2406041021130.16865@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 10:21:21 +0200 (CEST)
From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
cc: "Daniel J. Ogorchock" <djogorchock@...il.com>, 
    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()

On Sun, 26 May 2024, Christophe JAILLET 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>

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs