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[v1,1/1] wwan: core: Avoid returning error pointer from wwan_create_dev()

Message ID 20210805183100.49071-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
State New
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Series [v1,1/1] wwan: core: Avoid returning error pointer from wwan_create_dev() | expand

Commit Message

Andy Shevchenko Aug. 5, 2021, 6:31 p.m. UTC
wwan_create_dev() is expected to return either valid pointer or NULL,
In some cases it might return the error pointer. Prevent this by converting
it to NULL after wwan_dev_get_by_parent().

Fixes: 9a44c1cc6388 ("net: Add a WWAN subsystem")
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Loic Poulain Aug. 5, 2021, 7:53 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 at 20:38, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> wwan_create_dev() is expected to return either valid pointer or NULL,
> In some cases it might return the error pointer. Prevent this by converting
> it to NULL after wwan_dev_get_by_parent().

wwan_create_dev is called both from wwan_register_ops() and
wwan_create_port(), one using IS_ERR and the other using NULL testing,
they should be aligned as well.

Regards,
Loic
Andy Shevchenko Aug. 6, 2021, 9:07 a.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 09:53:57PM +0200, Loic Poulain wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 at 20:38, Andy Shevchenko

> <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> >

> > wwan_create_dev() is expected to return either valid pointer or NULL,

> > In some cases it might return the error pointer. Prevent this by converting

> > it to NULL after wwan_dev_get_by_parent().

> 

> wwan_create_dev is called both from wwan_register_ops() and

> wwan_create_port(), one using IS_ERR and the other using NULL testing,

> they should be aligned as well.


Ah, good catch!

I just sent v2, but eventually I have decided to switch to error pointer since
it seems the most used pattern in the code.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
Sergey Ryazanov Aug. 6, 2021, 9:13 a.m. UTC | #3
Hello Andy,

On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 12:08 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 09:53:57PM +0200, Loic Poulain wrote:

>> On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 at 20:38, Andy Shevchenko

>> <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:

>>>

>>> wwan_create_dev() is expected to return either valid pointer or NULL,

>>> In some cases it might return the error pointer. Prevent this by converting

>>> it to NULL after wwan_dev_get_by_parent().

>>

>> wwan_create_dev is called both from wwan_register_ops() and

>> wwan_create_port(), one using IS_ERR and the other using NULL testing,

>> they should be aligned as well.

>

> Ah, good catch!

>

> I just sent v2, but eventually I have decided to switch to error pointer since

> it seems the most used pattern in the code.


I agree that returning the error pointer is a good solution here.
Thank you for the fix.

-- 
Sergey
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c
index 674a81d79db3..35e10a98e774 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@  static struct wwan_device *wwan_create_dev(struct device *parent)
 
 	/* If wwandev already exists, return it */
 	wwandev = wwan_dev_get_by_parent(parent);
-	if (!IS_ERR(wwandev))
+	if (IS_ERR(wwandev))
+		wwandev = NULL;
+	else
 		goto done_unlock;
 
 	id = ida_alloc(&wwan_dev_ids, GFP_KERNEL);