In cases, where the global vchiq state is still unset, we cannot log to dynamic debug (access to struct device is needed, hence potential NULL de-reference). Log using pr_err() instead. In vchiq_initialise(), remove the 'goto' because it is just again trying to log to dynamic debug. Simply return with -ENNOTCONN after logging to pr_err(). In vchiq_open(), move the vchiq_log_debug() after the state pointer null check. Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- .../staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c | 6 ++---- .../staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_dev.c | 7 +++---- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c index 9fb8f657cc78..9fb3e240d9de 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c @@ -687,10 +687,8 @@ int vchiq_initialise(struct vchiq_instance **instance_out) usleep_range(500, 600); } if (i == VCHIQ_INIT_RETRIES) { - vchiq_log_error(state->dev, VCHIQ_CORE, "%s: videocore not initialized\n", - __func__); - ret = -ENOTCONN; - goto failed; + pr_err("%s: videocore not initialized\n", __func__); + return -ENOTCONN; } else if (i > 0) { vchiq_log_warning(state->dev, VCHIQ_CORE, "%s: videocore initialized after %d retries\n", __func__, i); diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_dev.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_dev.c index 0bc93f48c14c..3425d2b199c2 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_dev.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_dev.c @@ -1170,14 +1170,13 @@ static int vchiq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) struct vchiq_state *state = vchiq_get_state(); struct vchiq_instance *instance; - vchiq_log_debug(state->dev, VCHIQ_ARM, "vchiq_open"); - if (!state) { - vchiq_log_error(state->dev, VCHIQ_ARM, - "vchiq has no connection to VideoCore"); + pr_err("%s: vchiq has no connection to VideoCore\n", __func__); return -ENOTCONN; } + vchiq_log_debug(state->dev, VCHIQ_ARM, "vchiq_open"); + instance = kzalloc(sizeof(*instance), GFP_KERNEL); if (!instance) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.41.0