linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] misc: rp1: Fix some error handling paths

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Message-ID: <aPeBDmeBGWDEKp05@apocalypse>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:48:14 +0200
From: Andrea della Porta <andrea.porta@...e.com>
To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc: Andrea della Porta <andrea.porta@...e.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] misc: rp1: Fix some error handling paths

Hi Christophe,

On 21:11 Mon 20 Oct     , Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Error handling in the probe and the clean-up path in the remove function
> should be adjusted depending on if data is taken from DT or from overlay at
> runtime.
> 
> of_overlay_remove() should not be called when of_overlay_remove() was not
> called.

on the second occurence:
s/of_overlay_remove/of_overlay_fdt_apply/

> 
> of_node_put() should be called in the remove function to avoid a potential
> reference leak.
> 
> Fixes: 49d63971f963 ("misc: rp1: RaspberryPi RP1 misc driver")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
> This patch is compile tested only.
> 
> I think (hope...) that a cleaner solution is possible. So feel free to
> improve it or completely change it if needed.
> ---
>  drivers/misc/rp1/rp1_pci.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/rp1/rp1_pci.c b/drivers/misc/rp1/rp1_pci.c
> index 803832006ec8..9105269488a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/rp1/rp1_pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/rp1/rp1_pci.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ struct rp1_dev {
>  	struct irq_data *pcie_irqds[64];
>  	void __iomem *bar1;
>  	int ovcs_id;	/* overlay changeset id */
> +	struct device_node *rp1_node;	/* useful only if skip_ovl == true */
> +	bool skip_ovl;

can we initialize ovcs_id and use that instead of skip_ovl? This
would save one flag.

Many thanks,
Andrea

>  	bool level_triggered_irq[RP1_INT_END];
>  };
>  
> @@ -289,10 +291,14 @@ static int rp1_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
>  		goto err_unload_overlay;
>  	}
>  
> +	rp1->skip_ovl = skip_ovl;
> +	rp1->rp1_node = rp1_node;
> +
>  	return 0;
>  
>  err_unload_overlay:
> -	of_overlay_remove(&rp1->ovcs_id);
> +	if (!skip_ovl)
> +		of_overlay_remove(&rp1->ovcs_id);
>  err_unregister_interrupts:
>  	rp1_unregister_interrupts(pdev);
>  err_put_node:
> @@ -308,8 +314,12 @@ static void rp1_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
>  
>  	of_platform_depopulate(dev);
> -	of_overlay_remove(&rp1->ovcs_id);
> +	if (!rp1->skip_ovl)
> +		of_overlay_remove(&rp1->ovcs_id);
>  	rp1_unregister_interrupts(pdev);
> +
> +	if (rp1->skip_ovl)
> +		of_node_put(rp1->rp1_node);
>  }
>  
>  static const struct pci_device_id dev_id_table[] = {
> -- 
> 2.51.0
>