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From: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>
To: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan@unisoc.com>
Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, rafael@kernel.org, lenb@kernel.org,
	pavel@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	xuewen.yan94@gmail.com, ke.wang@unisoc.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] PM: EM: Validate new_table in em_dev_update_perf_domain()
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:36:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4a67bf2b-2d0b-4ab8-b2f8-33f3345494c4@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260710082447.5160-2-xuewen.yan@unisoc.com>



On 7/10/26 09:24, Xuewen Yan wrote:
> Add an explicit check for the new_table parameter in
> em_dev_update_perf_domain() to ensure it is not NULL or an
> ERR_PTR before proceeding with the update.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan@unisoc.com>
> ---
>   kernel/power/energy_model.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/power/energy_model.c b/kernel/power/energy_model.c
> index 277aaf1b19da..4d75e1b3c20e 100644
> --- a/kernel/power/energy_model.c
> +++ b/kernel/power/energy_model.c
> @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ int em_dev_update_perf_domain(struct device *dev,
>   	struct em_perf_table *old_table;
>   	struct em_perf_domain *pd;
>   
> -	if (!dev)
> +	if (!dev || IS_ERR_OR_NULL(new_table))
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   
>   	/* Serialize update/unregister or concurrent updates */


Make sense to check that and catch possible issue this way.

Reviewed-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>

  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-10  8:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-10  8:24 [RFC PATCH 1/2] PM: EM: Export em_table_alloc/free Xuewen Yan
2026-07-10  8:24 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] PM: EM: Validate new_table in em_dev_update_perf_domain() Xuewen Yan
2026-07-10  8:36   ` Lukasz Luba [this message]
2026-07-10  8:34 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] PM: EM: Export em_table_alloc/free Lukasz Luba
2026-07-13  7:34 ` Christoph Hellwig

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