From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grygorii Strashko Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: rework initialization/deinitialization Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 23:37:45 +0300 Message-ID: References: <20160914130231.3035-1-grygorii.strashko@ti.com> <20160914130231.3035-4-grygorii.strashko@ti.com> <20160914135214.GA28592@localhost.localdomain> <606f7cfc-aa34-528b-df04-7a60a9695425@ti.com> <20160914203217.GD12195@netboy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "David S. Miller" , , Mugunthan V N , Sekhar Nori , , , WingMan Kwok To: Richard Cochran Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20160914203217.GD12195@netboy> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On 09/14/2016 11:32 PM, Richard Cochran wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:10:48PM +0300, Grygorii Strashko wrote: >> On 09/14/2016 04:52 PM, Richard Cochran wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 04:02:25PM +0300, Grygorii Strashko wrote: > >>>> - if (!cpts->rx_enable) >>>> + if (!cpts || !cpts->rx_enable) >>>> return; > >> Ok. I can't say I'd like all this checks, but there are internal requirement >> to allow CPTS to be disabled though DT on KS2 (even if built in). >> I'd try to clarify and return back here. >> >> But It'll be good to know your position - acceptable/can be discussed/completely unacceptable? > > Look at that code snippet. We already test for @cpts->rx_enable. If > you want to disable cpts at run time, just avoid setting that field. > There is no need for any new tests or return codes. > The problem is that if cpts not initialized than pinter on cpts (in consumer/parent driver - NETCP) will be NULL. So, rx_enable will be unaccessible and cause crash :( -- regards, -grygorii