Re: [PATCH v3] mfd: tps6105x: Fix NULL pointer access.

From: Lee Jones
Date: Tue Sep 22 2015 - 20:23:28 EST


On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, Grigoryev Denis wrote:

> When tps6105x used in TPS6105X_MODE_SHUTDOWN mode the driver calls
> mfd_add_devices() with mfd_cell->name == NULL, that causes an ooops in
> platform_device_register() later.
>
> This patch adds an mfd_cell for each possible mode thereby excluding
> .name assignment in runtime.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis Grigoryev <grigoryev@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mfd/tps6105x.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/tps6105x.c b/drivers/mfd/tps6105x.c
> index 5de95c2..6603fc8 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/tps6105x.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/tps6105x.c
> @@ -119,17 +119,25 @@ static int tps6105x_startup(struct tps6105x *tps6105x)
> }
>
> /*
> - * MFD cells - we have one cell which is selected operation
> - * mode, and we always have a GPIO cell.
> + * MFD cells - we always have a GPIO cell and we have one cell
> + * which is selected operation mode.
> */
> static struct mfd_cell tps6105x_cells[] = {
> - {
> - /* name will be runtime assigned */
> - .id = -1,
> + [TPS6105X_MODE_SHUTDOWN] = {
> + .name = "tps6105x-gpio",
> + .id = -1,
> },
> - {
> - .name = "tps6105x-gpio",
> - .id = -1,
> + [TPS6105X_MODE_TORCH] = {
> + .name = "tps6105x-leds",
> + .id = -1,
> + },
> + [TPS6105X_MODE_TORCH_FLASH] = {
> + .name = "tps6105x-flash",
> + .id = -1,
> + },
> + [TPS6105X_MODE_VOLTAGE] = {
> + .name = "tps6105x-regulator",
> + .id = -1,

Why are these IDs all -1?

> },
> };
>
> @@ -157,38 +165,39 @@ static int tps6105x_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> return ret;
> }
>
> - /* Remove warning texts when you implement new cell drivers */
> + /* Set up and register the platform devices. */
> + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tps6105x_cells); i++) {
> + /* One state holder for all drivers, this is simple */
> + tps6105x_cells[i].platform_data = tps6105x;
> + tps6105x_cells[i].pdata_size = sizeof(*tps6105x);
> + }
> +
> + ret = mfd_add_devices(&client->dev, -1, tps6105x_cells,
> + 1, NULL, 0, NULL);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> switch (pdata->mode) {
> case TPS6105X_MODE_SHUTDOWN:
> dev_info(&client->dev,
> "present, not used for anything, only GPIO\n");
> break;
> case TPS6105X_MODE_TORCH:
> - tps6105x_cells[0].name = "tps6105x-leds";
> - dev_warn(&client->dev,
> - "torch mode is unsupported\n");
> - break;
> case TPS6105X_MODE_TORCH_FLASH:
> - tps6105x_cells[0].name = "tps6105x-flash";
> - dev_warn(&client->dev,
> - "flash mode is unsupported\n");
> - break;
> case TPS6105X_MODE_VOLTAGE:
> - tps6105x_cells[0].name ="tps6105x-regulator";
> + ret = mfd_add_devices(&client->dev, -1,
> + &tps6105x_cells[pdata->mode],
> + 1, NULL, 0, NULL);
> break;
> default:
> + dev_warn(&client->dev, "invalid mode: %d\n", pdata->mode);
> break;
> }
>
> - /* Set up and register the platform devices. */
> - for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tps6105x_cells); i++) {
> - /* One state holder for all drivers, this is simple */
> - tps6105x_cells[i].platform_data = tps6105x;
> - tps6105x_cells[i].pdata_size = sizeof(*tps6105x);
> - }
> + if (ret)
> + mfd_remove_devices(&client->dev);
>
> - return mfd_add_devices(&client->dev, 0, tps6105x_cells,
> - ARRAY_SIZE(tps6105x_cells), NULL, 0, NULL);
> + return ret;
> }
>
> static int tps6105x_remove(struct i2c_client *client)

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