Re: [PATCH] spmi: Add a check for remove callback when removing a SPMI driver

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Quoting Jishnu Prakash (2022-12-20 21:37:12)
> When removing a SPMI driver, there can be a crash due to NULL pointer
> dereference if it does not have a remove callback defined. This is
> one such call trace observed when removing the QCOM SPMI PMIC driver:
> 
>  dump_backtrace.cfi_jt+0x0/0x8
>  dump_stack_lvl+0xd8/0x16c
>  panic+0x188/0x498
>  __cfi_slowpath+0x0/0x214
>  __cfi_slowpath+0x1dc/0x214
>  spmi_drv_remove+0x16c/0x1e0
>  device_release_driver_internal+0x468/0x79c
>  driver_detach+0x11c/0x1a0
>  bus_remove_driver+0xc4/0x124
>  driver_unregister+0x58/0x84
>  cleanup_module+0x1c/0xc24 [qcom_spmi_pmic]
>  __do_sys_delete_module+0x3ec/0x53c
>  __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x18/0x28
>  el0_svc_common+0xdc/0x294
>  el0_svc+0x38/0x9c
>  el0_sync_handler+0x8c/0xf0
>  el0_sync+0x1b4/0x1c0
> 
> If a driver has all its resources allocated through devm_() APIs and
> does not need any other explicit cleanup, it would not require a
> remove callback to be defined. Hence, add a check for remove callback
> presence before calling it when removing a SPMI driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jishnu Prakash <quic_jprakash@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Applied to spmi-next




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