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Message-ID: <4127e24d-e78c-40da-80b7-96d3e789c489@kylinos.cn>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:28:03 +0800
From: Kunwu Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk, davem@...emloft.net,
edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: phy: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference
issues caused by phy_attached_info_irq
On 2024/1/15 11:45, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>> Here, i would just skip the print and continue with the reset of the
>>> function. The print is just useful information, its not a big problem
>>> if its not printed. However, if this function does not complete, the
>>> network interface is likely to be dead.
>> Thanks for the reminder.
>> The second part doesn't look so perfect, can we just print an empty string
>> when the irq_str is empty?
>>
>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
>> @@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ static int phylink_bringup_phy(struct phylink *pl,
>> struct phy_device *phy,
>> irq_str = phy_attached_info_irq(phy);
>> phylink_info(pl,
>> "PHY [%s] driver [%s] (irq=%s)\n",
>> - dev_name(&phy->mdio.dev), phy->drv->name, irq_str);
>> + dev_name(&phy->mdio.dev), phy->drv->name, irq_str ?
>> irq_str : "");
>> kfree(irq_str);
>
> That is O.K, or skip the whole phylink_info().
>
> Andrew
Thanks, I will update it in v2 patch. Personal view, print a msg is good
for debug.
--
Thanks,
Kunwu
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