Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] staging: most: dim2: replace BUG_ON() with proper checks and error returns

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 04:09:29PM +0300, Olle Lukowski wrote:
> Replace BUG_ON() calls with proper checks to prevent unnecessary kernel
> panics. Return appropriate error codes (-EINVAL or -EFAULT) instead of
> crashing the system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olle Lukowski <olle@lukowski.dev>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c b/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
> index dad2abe6c..d0832704b 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c
> @@ -166,8 +166,10 @@ static int try_start_dim_transfer(struct hdm_channel *hdm_ch)
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	struct dim_ch_state st;
>  
> -	BUG_ON(!hdm_ch);
> -	BUG_ON(!hdm_ch->is_initialized);
> +	if (!hdm_ch)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	if (!hdm_ch->is_initialized)
> +		return -EINVAL;

Can these things ever actually happen?  In looking at the code, I don't
see how that could be, do you?

Let's not check for things that are impossible to ever hit.

Same with the other changes in this series, please verify that these are
actually possible to happen.  If not, then just remove the check.

>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&dim_lock, flags);
>  	if (list_empty(head)) {
> @@ -188,7 +190,11 @@ static int try_start_dim_transfer(struct hdm_channel *hdm_ch)
>  		return -EAGAIN;
>  	}
>  
> -	BUG_ON(mbo->bus_address == 0);
> +	if (mbo->bus_address == 0) {
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dim_lock, flags);
> +		return -EFAULT;

You need to do more than just that here :(

Please be very careful on error paths to properly clean up everything.

thanks,

greg k-h