Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: max732x: Fix irq-events handler

[Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@ti.com>]

On 04/22/2015 04:20 PM, Semen Protsenko wrote:
> MAX732X clears all pending interrupts on I2C read (when interrupts
> register is being read). Driver doesn't need to send any ACKs when
> interrupt was handled. So replace handle_edge_irq() with
> handle_simple_irq().
>
> Using handle_edge_irq() (w/o .irq_ack callback set) may lead to NULL
> pointer dereference in some cases. E.g. this was observed on
> hibernation process:
>
>    Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0
>    Backtrace:
>    (handle_edge_irq) from (resend_irqs)
>    (resend_irqs) from (tasklet_action)
>    (tasklet_action) from (__do_softirq)
>    (__do_softirq) from (run_ksoftirqd)
>    (run_ksoftirqd) from (smpboot_thread_fn)
>    (smpboot_thread_fn) from (kthread)
>    (kthread) from (ret_from_fork)
>
> Signed-off-by: Semen Protsenko <semen.protsenko@globallogic.com>

Reviewed-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@linaro.org>

> ---
>   drivers/gpio/gpio-max732x.c |    2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-max732x.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-max732x.c
> index 1885e5c..86dc6b3 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-max732x.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-max732x.c
> @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ static int max732x_irq_setup(struct max732x_chip *chip,
>   		ret =  gpiochip_irqchip_add(&chip->gpio_chip,
>   					    &max732x_irq_chip,
>   					    irq_base,
> -					    handle_edge_irq,
> +					    handle_simple_irq,
>   					    IRQ_TYPE_NONE);
>   		if (ret) {
>   			dev_err(&client->dev,
>