On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 12:44:34AM +0000, Peng Fan wrote:
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] pinctrl: Implementation of the generic scmi-
> > pinctrl driver
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 09:35:21PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
> > > +static int pinctrl_scmi_get_function_groups(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
> > > + unsigned int selector,
> > > + const char * const **groups,
> > > + unsigned int * const num_groups)
> > {
> > > + const unsigned int *group_ids;
> > > + int ret, i;
> > > + struct scmi_pinctrl *pmx = pinctrl_dev_get_drvdata(pctldev);
> > > +
> > > + if (!groups || !num_groups)
> > > + return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > + if (selector < pmx->nr_functions &&
> > > + pmx->functions[selector].num_groups) {
> >
> > If pmx->functions[selector].num_groups is set then we assume that
> > functions[selector].groups has been allocated.
> >
> > > + *groups = (const char * const *)pmx-
> > >functions[selector].groups;
> > > + *num_groups = pmx->functions[selector].num_groups;
> > > + return 0;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + ret = pinctrl_ops->function_groups_get(pmx->ph, selector,
> > > + &pmx-
> > >functions[selector].num_groups,
> > > + &group_ids);
> >
> > However, pmx->functions[selector].num_groups is set here and not cleared
> > on the error paths. Or instead of clearing the .num_groups it would be nice
> > to pass a local variable and only do the
> > pmx->functions[selector].num_groups = local assignment right before the
> > success return.
>
> So you concern is I should clear the pmx->functions[selector].num_groups in
> err path, right?
>
Yes. If functions[selector].groups is invalid (NULL or freed) then the
pmx->functions[selector].num_groups variable must also be zero.
regards,
dan carpenter
