[PATCH v1] bus: mhi: host: Fix potential kernel panic by calling dev_err

From: Adam Xue
Date: Wed Jul 23 2025 - 14:46:36 EST


In mhi_init_irq_setup, the device pointer used for dev_err
was not initialized. Use the pointer from pci_dev instead.

Signed-off-by: Adam Xue <zxue@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c
index 13e7a55f54ff..93eddf302a49 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/init.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/pci.h>
#include "internal.h"

#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ void mhi_deinit_free_irq(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
int mhi_init_irq_setup(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
{
struct mhi_event *mhi_event = mhi_cntrl->mhi_event;
- struct device *dev = &mhi_cntrl->mhi_dev->dev;
+ struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(mhi_cntrl->cntrl_dev);
unsigned long irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND;
int i, ret;

@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ int mhi_init_irq_setup(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
continue;

if (mhi_event->irq >= mhi_cntrl->nr_irqs) {
- dev_err(dev, "irq %d not available for event ring\n",
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "irq %d not available for event ring\n",
mhi_event->irq);
ret = -EINVAL;
goto error_request;
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ int mhi_init_irq_setup(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
irq_flags,
"mhi", mhi_event);
if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev, "Error requesting irq:%d for ev:%d\n",
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Error requesting irq:%d for ev:%d\n",
mhi_cntrl->irq[mhi_event->irq], i);
goto error_request;
}
--
2.43.0


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