linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex

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Message-Id: <20251231-macsmc-mutex_init-v2-1-5818c9dc9b29@jannau.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:42:12 +0100
From: Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>
To: Sven Peter <sven@...nel.org>, Neal Gompa <neal@...pa.dev>, 
 Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Cc: asahi@...ts.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, 
 Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2] mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex

Initialize struct apple_smc's mutex in apple_smc_probe(). Using the
mutex uninitialized surprisingly resulted only in occasional NULL
pointer dereferences in apple_smc_read() calls from the probe()
functions of sub devices.

Fixes: e038d985c9823 ("mfd: Add Apple Silicon System Management Controller")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>
---
Changes in v2:
- rewritten commit message
- added missing Cc: stable
- rebased onto v6.19-rc1
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250925-macsmc-mutex_init-v1-1-416e9e644735@jannau.net
---
 drivers/mfd/macsmc.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/macsmc.c b/drivers/mfd/macsmc.c
index e3893e255ce5e4bb4832d80ad1fc002d413a291a..3015e8d36d6e5bfdcea342c7d05a7b34788d7845 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/macsmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/macsmc.c
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ static int apple_smc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!smc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	mutex_init(&smc->mutex);
 	smc->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	smc->sram_base = devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, 1, &smc->sram);
 	if (IS_ERR(smc->sram_base))

---
base-commit: 8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8
change-id: 20250925-macsmc-mutex_init-80d7cb2aacfa

Best regards,
-- 
Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>