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Re: [PATCH] net: ath9k: use devm for request_irq

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On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 10:47 AM Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 31.07.24 23:02, Rosen Penev wrote:
> > Avoids having to manually call free_irq. Simplifies code slightly.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ahb.c | 7 ++-----
> >   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/pci.c | 9 +++------
> >   2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ahb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ahb.c
> > index 1a6697b6e3b4..29f67ded8fe2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ahb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ahb.c
> > @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int ath_ahb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >       sc->mem = mem;
> >       sc->irq = irq;
> >
> > -     ret = request_irq(irq, ath_isr, IRQF_SHARED, "ath9k", sc);
> > +     ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, ath_isr, IRQF_SHARED, "ath9k", sc);
> Sorry for the late response, but I think this patch is wrong any may
> need to be reverted. If there is an error during probe, and the IRQ
> fires for some reason, there could be an use-after-free bug when the IRQ
> handler accesses the data in sc.
> The explicit freq_irq calls were preventing that from happening.
How about keeping the devm variant and replacing free_irq with
devm_free_irq in probe?
>
> - Felix
>





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