Hi Jimmy, On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 08:49:28AM +0000, Jimmy Hu wrote: > port->partner may be an error or NULL, so we must check it with > IS_ERR_OR_NULL() before dereferencing it. > > Move the check to the beginning of the tcpm_handle_vdm_request function. > > Fixes: 5e1d4c49fbc8 ("usb: typec: tcpm: Determine common SVDM Version") > Signed-off-by: Jimmy Hu <hhhuuu@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c | 10 ++++++---- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c > index 829d75ebab42..2c6a0af155ab 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c > +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c > @@ -1683,10 +1683,6 @@ static int tcpm_pd_svdm(struct tcpm_port *port, struct typec_altmode *adev, > (VDO_SVDM_VERS(typec_get_negotiated_svdm_version(typec))); > break; > case CMDT_RSP_ACK: > - /* silently drop message if we are not connected */ > - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(port->partner)) > - break; > - > tcpm_ams_finish(port); > > switch (cmd) { > @@ -1792,6 +1788,12 @@ static void tcpm_handle_vdm_request(struct tcpm_port *port, > u32 response[8] = { }; > int i, rlen = 0; > > + /* silently drop message if we are not connected */ ...comment moved. > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(port->partner)) { > + dev_warn(port->dev, "port partner is an error or NULL\n"); But code is actually not silent. Also, does the verbsity make sense? And if it does, is knowing what error port->partner is containing usefull? > + return; > + } > + > for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) > p[i] = le32_to_cpu(payload[i]); > > -- > 2.41.0.585.gd2178a4bd4-goog