Re: [PATCH] media: i2c: max9286: Fix async subdev size

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On 15/09/2020 00:30, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Jacopo,
> 
> Thank you for the patch.
> 
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 05:57:49PM +0200, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
>> Since commit:
>> 86d37bf31af6 ("media: i2c: max9286: Allocate v4l2_async_subdev dynamically")
>> the async subdevice registered to the max9286 notifier is dynamically
>> allocated by the v4l2 framework by using
>> the v4l2_async_notifier_add_fwnode_subdev function. In order to allocate
>> enough space for max9286_asd structure that encloses the async subdevice
>> paired with a pointer to the corresponding source, pass to the framework
>> the size of the whole structure in place of the one of the enclosed async
>> subdev.
>>
>> Fixes: 86d37bf31af6 ("media: i2c: max9286: Allocate v4l2_async_subdev dynamically")
>> Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c | 3 +--
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c b/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c
>> index c82c1493e099..746c411b79a0 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c
>> @@ -579,8 +579,7 @@ static int max9286_v4l2_notifier_register(struct max9286_priv *priv)
>>  		struct v4l2_async_subdev *asd;
>>
>>  		asd = v4l2_async_notifier_add_fwnode_subdev(&priv->notifier,
>> -							    source->fwnode,
>> -							    sizeof(*asd));
>> +			source->fwnode, sizeof(struct max9286_asd));
> 
> I'd write
> 
> 		struct v4l2_async_subdev *asd;
> 		struct max9286_asd *masd;
> 
> 		asd = v4l2_async_notifier_add_fwnode_subdev(&priv->notifier,
> 							    source->fwnode,
> 							    sizeof(*masd));

Ha, at first glance that looks like you're dereferencing an
uninitialised pointer though.

But it's only the sizeof - so the actual pointer doesn't matter at that
point ;-)

--
Kieran


> 		if (IS_ERR(asd)) {
> 			dev_err(dev, "Failed to add subdev for source %u: %ld",
> 				i, PTR_ERR(asd));
> 			v4l2_async_notifier_cleanup(&priv->notifier);
> 			return PTR_ERR(asd);
> 		}
> 
> 		masd = to_max9286_asd(asd);
> 		masd->source = source;
> 
> just to be able to avoid the ugly indentiation, but that's really
> nitpicking :-) With or without that, sorry for breaking the driver in
> the first place, and
> 
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>>  		if (IS_ERR(asd)) {
>>  			dev_err(dev, "Failed to add subdev for source %u: %ld",
>>  				i, PTR_ERR(asd));
> 




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