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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Chenghai Huang <huangchenghai2@huawei.com>
Cc: zhangfei.gao@linaro.org, wangzhou1@hisilicon.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
	linuxarm@openeuler.org, fanghao11@huawei.com,
	shenyang39@huawei.com, liulongfang@huawei.com,
	qianweili@huawei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] uacce: fix isolate sysfs check condition
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:15:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025091633-antacid-gluten-0a61@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250916144811.1799687-3-huangchenghai2@huawei.com>

On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 10:48:09PM +0800, Chenghai Huang wrote:
> The uacce supports device isolation feature. If the driver
> implements the isolate_err_threshold_read and
> isolate_err_threshold_write callbacks, the uacce will create sysfs
> files. Users can read and configure isolation policies through
> sysfs. Currently, if either isolate_err_threshold_read or
> isolate_err_threshold_write callback exists, sysfs files are
> created.
> 
> However, accessing a non-existent callback may cause a system panic.

Where is the callback happening that fails?  Shouldn't that be checked
instead of doing this change?

> Therefore, sysfs files are only created when both
> isolate_err_threshold_read and isolate_err_threshold_write are
> present.

What if a device only has 1?  That should still work properly?

And why not just create the file if it is going to be used, that is the
real solution here.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2025-09-16 15:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-16 14:48 [PATCH v2 0/4] uacce: driver fixes for memory leaks and state management Chenghai Huang
2025-09-16 14:48 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] uacce: fix for cdev memory leak Chenghai Huang
2025-09-16 15:14   ` Greg KH
2025-09-17  9:56     ` huangchenghai
2025-09-17 10:18       ` Greg KH
2025-09-26  8:47         ` huangchenghai
2025-09-26  9:37           ` linwenkai (C)
2025-09-16 14:48 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] uacce: fix isolate sysfs check condition Chenghai Huang
2025-09-16 15:15   ` Greg KH [this message]
2025-09-17  9:54     ` huangchenghai
2025-09-16 14:48 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] uacce: implement mremap in uacce_vm_ops to return -EPERM Chenghai Huang
2025-09-16 14:48 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] uacce: ensure safe queue release with state management Chenghai Huang

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