Re: [PATCH] uio: uio_pdrv_genirq V2

From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Thu Jul 10 2008 - 07:06:48 EST


Hi,

Hans J. Koch wrote:
> > > + ret = uio_register_device(&pdev->dev, priv->uioinfo);
> > > + if (ret) {
> > > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to register uio device\n");
> > > + goto bad1;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
> > This should probably go before uio_register_device. (Uups, this is an
> > issue for uio_pdrv, too.)
>
> Yes, because uio_register_device will enable the irq, and you might
> arrive in the handler without having your platform data in place.
How do we want to fix that? Should I sent a new version that also
includes the memory-leak fix and copyright specification? Or another
incremental patch?

Best regards
Uwe

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