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[V2,2/2] gpiolib: do not allow to insert an empty gpiochip

Message ID 1447650167-29070-3-git-send-email-bamvor.zhangjian@linaro.org
State Accepted
Commit 5ed41cc4baaf4127661d2a8f8f2ee6e3085e0fa9
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Commit Message

Bamvor Zhang Jian Nov. 16, 2015, 5:02 a.m. UTC
We need to check if number of gpio is positive if there is no
such check in devicetree or acpi or whatever called before
gpiochip_add.

I suppose that devicetree and acpi do not allow insert gpiochip
with zero number but I do not know if it is enough to ignore
this check in gpiochip_add.

Signed-off-by: Bamvor Jian Zhang <bamvor.zhangjian@linaro.org>

---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

-- 
2.1.4

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Comments

Linus Walleij Nov. 17, 2015, 2:16 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 6:02 AM, Bamvor Jian Zhang
<bamvor.zhangjian@linaro.org> wrote:

> We need to check if number of gpio is positive if there is no

> such check in devicetree or acpi or whatever called before

> gpiochip_add.

>

> I suppose that devicetree and acpi do not allow insert gpiochip

> with zero number but I do not know if it is enough to ignore

> this check in gpiochip_add.

>

> Signed-off-by: Bamvor Jian Zhang <bamvor.zhangjian@linaro.org>


Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 270d60b..150af91 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -329,6 +329,11 @@  int gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip)
 	if (!descs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (chip->ngpio == 0) {
+		chip_err(chip, "tried to insert a GPIO chip with zero lines\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags);
 
 	if (base < 0) {