From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
To: Prajna Rajendra Kumar <prajna.rajendrakumar@microchip.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>,
linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH next v2] spi: Fix potential uninitialized variable in probe()
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:56:01 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aSQPkfkiJ0w-FJMW@stanley.mountain> (raw)
If the device tree is messed up, then potentially the "protocol" string
could potentially be uninitialized. The property is supposed to default
to "motorola" so if the of_property_read_string() function returns
-EINVAL then default to "motorola".
Fixes: 059f545832be ("spi: add support for microchip "soft" spi controller")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
---
v2: Add an error message on failure.
Default to "motorola".
drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-spi.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-spi.c
index b8738190cdcb..16e0885474a0 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-spi.c
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ static int mchp_corespi_transfer_one(struct spi_controller *host,
static int mchp_corespi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
+ const char *protocol = "motorola";
struct spi_controller *host;
struct mchp_corespi *spi;
struct resource *res;
- const char *protocol;
u32 num_cs, mode, frame_size;
bool assert_ssel;
int ret = 0;
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ static int mchp_corespi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
*/
ret = of_property_read_string(pdev->dev.of_node, "microchip,protocol-configuration",
&protocol);
+ if (ret && ret != -EINVAL)
+ return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Error reading protocol-configuration\n");
if (strcmp(protocol, "motorola") != 0)
return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -EINVAL,
"CoreSPI: protocol '%s' not supported by this driver\n",
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-24 7:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-24 7:56 Dan Carpenter [this message]
2025-11-24 15:00 ` [PATCH next v2] spi: Fix potential uninitialized variable in probe() Prajna Rajendra Kumar
2025-11-24 19:15 ` Mark Brown
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