Re: [PATCH] iio: hmc5843_spi: fix a NULL pointer dereference

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Sun Mar 10 2019 - 06:26:26 EST


On Sat, 9 Mar 2019 12:56:27 -0600
Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> In case devm_regmap_init_spi fails and returns NULL, the fix
> returns an error to avoid NULL pointer dereference
>
> Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>

Hi.

The fix is good, but please do the same for the i2c element of
the driver. I'd like them both in a single patch as it's exactly
the same issue in the same driver.

Minor comment inline on how I think it could be a tiny bit
nicer.

Thanks,

Jonathan

> ---
> drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c | 8 +++++++-
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
> index 535f03a70d63..15e2f7cbb3b5 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
> @@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ static int hmc5843_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> {
> int ret;
> const struct spi_device_id *id = spi_get_device_id(spi);
> + struct regmap *devm_regmap = devm_regmap_init_spi(spi,
> + &hmc5843_spi_regmap_config);
Split this into the variable instantiation and the assignment.
That will let you (I think) avoid the nasty alignement.
Also, no need to have the devm_ prefix on the variable name.

struct regmap *regmap;

regmap = devm_regmap_init(spi, &hmc5843_spi_regmap_config);

> +
> + if (IS_ERR(devm_regmap))
> + return PTR_ERR(devm_regmap);
> +
>
> spi->mode = SPI_MODE_3;
> spi->max_speed_hz = 8000000;
> @@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ static int hmc5843_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> return ret;
>
> return hmc5843_common_probe(&spi->dev,
> - devm_regmap_init_spi(spi, &hmc5843_spi_regmap_config),
> + devm_regmap,
> id->driver_data, id->name);
> }
>