On 01/03/16 10:31, Gregor Boirie wrote:
> When not compiled-in, regulator layer will return a NULL pointer when
> trying to get a reference to any regulator using devm_regulator_get(). As
> IS_ERR() does not consider this an error, the ms5611 probing operation will
> try to enable a NULL regulator, which will invariably cause a kernel
> crash.
> This patch fixes this situation by using devm_regulator_get_optional()
> instead of devm_regulator_get().
>
> Signed-off-by: Gregor Boirie <gregor.boirie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Ideally include a fixes tag with a patch like this... It makes it easy for those
maintaining stable trees to figure out whether it is 'supposed' to apply to their
trees or not.
> ---
> drivers/iio/pressure/ms5611_core.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/pressure/ms5611_core.c b/drivers/iio/pressure/ms5611_core.c
> index 992ad8d..a9c4d49 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/pressure/ms5611_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/pressure/ms5611_core.c
> @@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ static const struct iio_info ms5611_info = {
> static int ms5611_init(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
> {
> int ret;
> - struct regulator *vdd = devm_regulator_get(indio_dev->dev.parent,
> - "vdd");
> + struct regulator *vdd =
> + devm_regulator_get_optional(indio_dev->dev.parent, "vdd");
Shouldn't have a white space change like this in here. This doesn't want to
get applied in a hurry unlike the below. It'll probably be a post merge window
fix now...
>
> /* Enable attached regulator if any. */
> if (!IS_ERR(vdd)) {
> @@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ static int ms5611_init(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
> "failed to enable Vdd supply: %d\n", ret);
> return ret;
> }
> + } else {
> + ret = PTR_ERR(vdd);
> + if (ret != -ENODEV)
> + return ret;
> }
>
> ret = ms5611_reset(indio_dev);
>
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