There is no point in doing several preparatory steps in of_overlay_fdt_apply(), only to see of_overlay_apply() return early because of a corrupt device tree. Move the check for a corrupt device tree from of_overlay_apply() to of_overlay_fdt_apply(), to check for this as early as possible. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/of/overlay.c | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c index 4044ddcb02c60a58..84a8d402009cb3b2 100644 --- a/drivers/of/overlay.c +++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c @@ -903,12 +903,6 @@ static int of_overlay_apply(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs) { int ret = 0, ret_revert, ret_tmp; - if (devicetree_corrupt()) { - pr_err("devicetree state suspect, refuse to apply overlay\n"); - ret = -EBUSY; - goto out; - } - ret = of_resolve_phandles(ovcs->overlay_root); if (ret) goto out; @@ -983,6 +977,11 @@ int of_overlay_fdt_apply(const void *overlay_fdt, u32 overlay_fdt_size, *ret_ovcs_id = 0; + if (devicetree_corrupt()) { + pr_err("devicetree state suspect, refuse to apply overlay\n"); + return -EBUSY; + } + if (overlay_fdt_size < sizeof(struct fdt_header) || fdt_check_header(overlay_fdt)) { pr_err("Invalid overlay_fdt header\n"); -- 2.25.1