Re: [PATCH] i2c: core: fix NULL pointer dereference in suspend/resume callbacks

[Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>]

Hi Tomasz

On 25.05.2020 14:28, Tomasz Figa wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 1:15 PM Marek Szyprowski
> <m.szyprowski@samsung.com> wrote:
>> On 22.05.2020 12:13, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
>>> Commit 6fe12cdbcfe3 ("i2c: core: support bus regulator controlling in
>>> adapter") added generic suspend and resume functions for i2c devices.
>>> Those functions unconditionally access an i2c_client structure assigned
>>> to the given i2c device. However, there exist i2c devices in the system
>>> without a valid i2c_client. Add the needed check before accessing the
>>> i2c_client.
>> Just one more comment. The devices without i2c_client structure are the
>> i2c 'devices' associated with the respective i2c bus. They are visible
>> in /sys:
>>
>> ls -l /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-*
>>
>> I wonder if this patch has been ever tested with system suspend/resume,
>> as those devices are always available in the system...
> Sorry for the trouble and thanks a lot for the fix. We'll make sure to
> do more thorough testing, including suspend/resume before relanding
> this change.
>
> Since the patch was reverted, can we squash your fix with the next
> revision together with your Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by tags?
Sure, no problem. The fix is trivial.

Best regards
-- 
Marek Szyprowski, PhD
Samsung R&D Institute Poland