On 09/21/2010 08:24 PM, Ben Dooks wrote: > On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 12:07:48PM -0400, Michael Williamson wrote: >> There is a bug in the i2c-davinci device init routine that attempts >> to use default platform data if none is supplied (e.g., is NULL). >> This patch fixes the bug. >> >> Signed-off-by: Michael Williamson <michael.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c | 8 +++++--- >> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c >> index 2222c87..6d4eeeb 100644 >> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c >> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c >> @@ -235,10 +235,12 @@ static void i2c_davinci_calc_clk_dividers(struct davinci_i2c_dev *dev) >> */ >> static int i2c_davinci_init(struct davinci_i2c_dev *dev) >> { >> - struct davinci_i2c_platform_data *pdata = dev->dev->platform_data; >> + struct davinci_i2c_platform_data *pdata; >> >> - if (!pdata) >> - pdata = &davinci_i2c_platform_data_default; >> + if (!dev->dev->platform_data) >> + dev->dev->platform_data = &davinci_i2c_platform_data_default; >> + >> + pdata = dev->dev->platform_data; > > At first glance this looks like a code shift, however is the platform > data used later in the driver by referencing the device.platform_data > field? > Yes. The problem call is i2c_davinci_calc_clk_dividers(), which is called pretty early in the i2c_davinci_init() routine. There is a reference to pdata->bus_freq without a check to see if pdata is valid. I think my proposed fix is not the right approach as you have pointed out. Perhaps a better patch would be (?): --- diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c index 2222c87..15d0cea 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c @@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ static void i2c_davinci_calc_clk_dividers(struct davinci_i2c_dev *dev) u32 clkl; u32 input_clock = clk_get_rate(dev->clk); + if (!pdata) + pdata = &davinci_i2c_platform_data_default; + /* NOTE: I2C Clock divider programming info * As per I2C specs the following formulas provide prescaler * and low/high divider values --- > Could you rewrite the header to show this, and if possible note any > actual oops report that has been seen with this. > I found this because I was told (while proposing a new platform) to use NULL as platform data as the parameters I was using matched the default data. I didn't get an oops, it just hung (it's pretty early in the board init). Our boot strapper/load resets the DDR where the kernel buffer is, so getting any oops info is a bit time consuming. The above three lines (and the original patch) resolved the problem. I can update the header to indicate a default parameter set if you like. New patch OK? -Mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html