Hi, This is a continuation of my old patchset from 2019. [1] Back then, few drivers set driver_override wrong. I fixed Exynos in a different way after discussions. QCOM NGD was not fixed and a new user appeared - IMX SCU. It seems "char *" in driver_override looks too consty, so we tend to make a mistake of storing there string literals. Changes of latest since v1 (not the old 2019 solution): ======================================================= https://lore.kernel.org/all/708eabb1-7b35-d525-d4c3-451d4a3de84f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ 1. Add helper for setting driver_override. 2. Use the helper. Dependencies (and stable): ========================== 1. All patches, including last three fixes, depend on first patch introducing the helper. 2. The last three commits - fixes - are probably not backportable directly, because of this dependency. I don't know how to express it here, since stable-kernel-rules.rst mentions only commits as possible dependencies. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/1550484960-2392-3-git-send-email-krzk@xxxxxxxxxx/ Best regards, Krzysztof Krzysztof Kozlowski (11): driver: platform: add and use helper for safer setting of driver_override amba: use helper for safer setting of driver_override fsl-mc: use helper for safer setting of driver_override hv: vmbus: use helper for safer setting of driver_override pci: use helper for safer setting of driver_override s390: cio: use helper for safer setting of driver_override spi: use helper for safer setting of driver_override vdpa: use helper for safer setting of driver_override clk: imx: scu: fix kfree() of static memory on setting driver_override slimbus: qcom-ngd: fix kfree() of static memory on setting driver_override rpmsg: fix kfree() of static memory on setting driver_override drivers/amba/bus.c | 24 +++--------------- drivers/base/driver.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/base/platform.c | 24 +++--------------- drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c | 22 +++-------------- drivers/clk/imx/clk-scu.c | 7 +++++- drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 24 +++--------------- drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 24 +++--------------- drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h | 13 ++++++++-- drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c | 14 +++++++++-- drivers/s390/cio/css.c | 24 +++--------------- drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c | 12 ++++++++- drivers/spi/spi.c | 20 +++------------ drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c | 25 +++---------------- include/linux/device/driver.h | 1 + include/linux/platform_device.h | 6 ++++- include/linux/spi/spi.h | 2 +- 16 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 163 deletions(-) -- 2.32.0