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From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
To: yuebingkun <yuebingkun@kylinos.cn>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fbdev: platinumfb: add error checking for ioremap calls
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:03:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5164081e-2eaf-498e-a320-c26c50b6f9e2@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260817063942.308926-1-yuebingkun@kylinos.cn>

On 8/17/26 08:39, yuebingkun wrote:
> The ioremap() and ioremap_wt() calls in platinumfb_probe() were not
> checked for failure. If any of these mappings fail, the driver would
> dereference NULL pointers, leading to a kernel panic.
> 
> Add proper error checking and use goto-based cleanup to avoid code
> duplication across the error paths.
> 
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")

That Fixes line ^^^ has no value, so I dropped it.

> Signed-off-by: yuebingkun <yuebingkun@kylinos.cn>

Would be nice to have your Name written out here, e.g. Yue Bing Kun (or something),
but I've left it as-is for now. In case you resend with full name, I can replace it
in the git tree.

>   drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>   1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Patch applied (with the Fixes line dropped).

Thanks!
Helge

      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-18  9:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-17  6:39 [PATCH v2] fbdev: platinumfb: add error checking for ioremap calls yuebingkun
2026-08-17  7:00 ` Markus Elfring
2026-08-18  9:03 ` Helge Deller [this message]

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