On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 02:22:26PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 07:13:38PM +0800, Leo Yan wrote: > > +static unsigned long hisi_stub_clk_recalc_rate(struct clk_hw *hw, > > + unsigned long parent_rate) > > +{ > ... > > + BUG_ON(!stub_clk->lock); > ... > > > +static int hisi_stub_clk_set_rate(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long rate, > > + unsigned long parent_rate) > > +{ > ... > > + BUG_ON(!stub_clk->lock); > ... > > > +static long hisi_stub_clk_round_rate(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long rate, > > + unsigned long *parent_rate) > > +{ > ... > > + BUG_ON(!stub_clk->lock); > ... > > > +static struct clk_ops hisi_stub_clk_ops = { > > + .recalc_rate = hisi_stub_clk_recalc_rate, > > + .round_rate = hisi_stub_clk_round_rate, > > + .set_rate = hisi_stub_clk_set_rate, > > +}; > ... > > +static struct clk *_register_stub_clk(struct device *dev, unsigned int id, > > + const char *name, const char *parent_name, unsigned long flags, > > + spinlock_t *lock) > > +{ > > + struct hisi_stub_clk *stub_clk; > > + struct clk *clk; > > + struct clk_init_data init; > > + > > + stub_clk = kzalloc(sizeof(*stub_clk), GFP_KERNEL); > > + if (!stub_clk) { > > + pr_err("%s: fail to alloc stub clk!\n", __func__); > > + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); > > + } > > + > > + init.name = name; > > + init.ops = &hisi_stub_clk_ops; > > + init.parent_names = parent_name ? &parent_name : NULL; > > + init.num_parents = parent_name ? 1 : 0; > > + init.flags = flags; > > + > > + stub_clk->hw.init = &init; > > + stub_clk->id = id; > > + stub_clk->lock = lock; > > Under what scenario is it safe to call _register_stub_clk() with a NULL > lock argument? > > If lock is NULL, then every function callable via the ops structure > will bug. > > Rather than doing a test in each method function, do it in > _register_stub_clk() - this means we aren't waiting for a NULL pointer > deref when one of these method functions gets called. Will fix to check lock pointer in the function _register_stub_clk(). Thanks, Leo Yan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html