Hi Yang Yingliang, Thanks for your patch. Already I have posted a patch for fixing it. https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/alsa-devel/patch/20210814180120.18082-1-biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Since you posted a similar patch as Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx>, I am adding my Rb tag for this patch. Regards, Biju > -----Original Message----- > From: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: 17 August 2021 04:00 > To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: broonie@xxxxxxxxxx; Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Prabhakar > Mahadev Lad <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; lgirdwood@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PATCH -next] ASoC: sh: rz-ssi: Fix return value check in > rz_ssi_dma_request() > > In case of error, the function dma_request_chan() returns ERR_PTR() and > never returns NULL. Set 'dma_ch' to NULL, if dma_request_chan() returns > error, so the code using 'dma_ch' can work correctly. > > Fixes: 26ac471c5354 ("ASoC: sh: rz-ssi: Add SSI DMAC support") > Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > sound/soc/sh/rz-ssi.c | 8 +++++++- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rz-ssi.c b/sound/soc/sh/rz-ssi.c index > ea8d33ede5d2..5ec78fd94d94 100644 > --- a/sound/soc/sh/rz-ssi.c > +++ b/sound/soc/sh/rz-ssi.c > @@ -676,11 +676,17 @@ static void rz_ssi_release_dma_channels(struct > rz_ssi_priv *ssi) static int rz_ssi_dma_request(struct rz_ssi_priv *ssi, > struct device *dev) { > ssi->playback.dma_ch = dma_request_chan(dev, "tx"); > + if (IS_ERR(ssi->playback.dma_ch)) > + ssi->playback.dma_ch = NULL; > ssi->capture.dma_ch = dma_request_chan(dev, "rx"); > + if (IS_ERR(ssi->capture.dma_ch)) > + ssi->capture.dma_ch = NULL; > if (!ssi->playback.dma_ch && !ssi->capture.dma_ch) { > ssi->playback.dma_ch = dma_request_chan(dev, "rt"); > - if (!ssi->playback.dma_ch) > + if (IS_ERR(ssi->playback.dma_ch)) { > + ssi->playback.dma_ch = NULL; > goto no_dma; > + } > > ssi->dma_rt = true; > } > -- > 2.25.1