On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 11:04:58PM +0100, Dragan Cvetic wrote: > +static int xsdfec_dev_open(struct inode *iptr, struct file *fptr) > +{ > + struct xsdfec_dev *xsdfec; > + > + xsdfec = container_of(iptr->i_cdev, struct xsdfec_dev, xsdfec_cdev); > + > + if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&xsdfec->open_count)) { Why do you care about this? And do you really think it matters? What are you trying to protect from here? > + atomic_inc(&xsdfec->open_count); > + return -EBUSY; > + } > + > + fptr->private_data = xsdfec; > + return 0; > +} > + > +static int xsdfec_dev_release(struct inode *iptr, struct file *fptr) > +{ > + struct xsdfec_dev *xsdfec; > + > + xsdfec = container_of(iptr->i_cdev, struct xsdfec_dev, xsdfec_cdev); > + > + atomic_inc(&xsdfec->open_count); You increment a number when the device is closed? You are trying to make it hard to maintain this code over time :) > + return 0; > +} > + > +static long xsdfec_dev_ioctl(struct file *fptr, unsigned int cmd, > + unsigned long data) > +{ > + struct xsdfec_dev *xsdfec = fptr->private_data; > + void __user *arg = NULL; > + int rval = -EINVAL; > + int err = 0; > + > + if (!xsdfec) > + return rval; > + > + if (_IOC_TYPE(cmd) != XSDFEC_MAGIC) > + return -ENOTTY; > + > + /* check if ioctl argument is present and valid */ > + if (_IOC_DIR(cmd) != _IOC_NONE) { > + arg = (void __user *)data; > + if (!arg) { > + dev_err(xsdfec->dev, > + "xilinx sdfec ioctl argument is NULL Pointer"); You just created a way for userspace to spam the kernel log, please do not do that :( > + return rval; > + } > + } > + > + if (err) { > + dev_err(xsdfec->dev, "Invalid xilinx sdfec ioctl argument"); > + return -EFAULT; Wrong error, you did not have a memory fault. Again, you just created a way to spam the kernel log by a user :( thanks, greg k-h