Re: [PATCH 2/3] rtc: sh: fix possible race condition

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On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 12:30 PM Alexandre Belloni
<alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The IRQ is requested before the struct rtc is allocated and registered, but
> this struct is used in the IRQ handler. This may lead to a NULL pointer
> dereference.
>
> Switch to devm_rtc_allocate_device/rtc_register_device to allocate the rtc
> struct before requesting the IRQ.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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