Re: [PATCH V2 1/5] irqchip/loongson-eiointc: Fix returned value on parsing MADT

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 07:38:56PM +0800, Jianmin Lv wrote:
> In pch_pic_parse_madt(), a NULL parent pointer will be
> returned from acpi_get_vec_parent() for second pch-pic domain
> related to second bridge while calling eiointc_acpi_init() at
> first time, where the parent of it has not been initialized
> yet, and will be initialized during second time calling
> eiointc_acpi_init(). So, it's reasonable to return zero so
> that failure of acpi_table_parse_madt() will be avoided, or else
> acpi_cascade_irqdomain_init() will return and initialization of
> followed pch_msi domain will be skipped.
> 
> Although it does not matter when pch_msi_parse_madt() returns
> -EINVAL if no invalid parent is found, it's also reasonable to
> return zero for that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianmin Lv <lvjianmin@loongson.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/irqchip/irq-loongson-eiointc.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
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