Re: [PATCH v2 01/11] driver: platform: add and use helper for safer setting of driver_override
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- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/11] driver: platform: add and use helper for safer setting of driver_override
- From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:47:22 +0100
- Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>, Stuart Yoder <stuyoder@xxxxxxxxx>, Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@xxxxxxx>, Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@xxxxxxx>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx>, "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>, Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>, Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>, Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>, Vineeth Vijayan <vneethv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andy Gross <agross@xxxxxxxxxx>, Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-clk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@xxxxxxx>, linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-hyperv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-remoteproc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-arm-msm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-spi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 23/02/2022 22:53, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 08:13:00PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> Several core drivers and buses expect that driver_override is a
>> dynamically allocated memory thus later they can kfree() it.
>> ...
>
>> + * set_driver_override() - Helper to set or clear driver override.
>
> Doesn't match actual function name.
Good point. I wonder why build W=1 did not complain... I need to check.
>
>> + * @dev: Device to change
>> + * @override: Address of string to change (e.g. &device->driver_override);
>> + * The contents will be freed and hold newly allocated override.
>> + * @s: NULL terminated string, new driver name to force a match, pass empty
>> + * string to clear it
>> + *
>> + * Helper to setr or clear driver override in a device, intended for the cases
>> + * when the driver_override field is allocated by driver/bus code.
>
> s/setr/set/
Right. Thanks for checking.
>
>> + * Returns: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
>> + */
>> +int driver_set_override(struct device *dev, char **override, const char *s)
>> +{
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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