From: Gabor Juhos j4g8y7@gmail.com
[ Upstream commit 57273ff8bb16f3842c2597b5bbcd49e7fa12edf7 ]
The regmap_read() function can fail, so propagate its error up to the stack instead of silently ignoring that.
Signed-off-by: Imre Kaloz kaloz@openwrt.org Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn andrew@lunn.ch Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos j4g8y7@gmail.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250514-pinctrl-a37xx-fixes-v2-4-07e9ac1ab737@gmail... Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij linus.walleij@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org ---
Based on my comprehensive analysis, here is my determination: **YES** This commit should be backported to stable kernel trees. Here's my detailed analysis: ## Analysis of the Code Change The commit fixes a clear bug in the `armada_37xx_gpio_get()` function in `drivers/pinctrl/mvebu/pinctrl-armada-37xx.c`. The specific changes are: 1. **Before**: `regmap_read(info->regmap, reg, &val);` - ignores return value 2. **After**: `ret = regmap_read(info->regmap, reg, &val); if (ret) return ret;` - properly handles errors ## Backport Suitability Assessment ### ✅ **Meets Stable Tree Criteria:** 1. **Bug Fix**: This clearly fixes a real bug where regmap read failures are silently ignored, potentially returning garbage data to userspace. 2. **Small and Contained**: The change is minimal (3 lines added) and extremely focused, affecting only error handling in a single function. 3. **Low Regression Risk**: The change only adds error checking where none existed before. It cannot introduce new bugs - it can only prevent incorrect behavior. 4. **No Architectural Changes**: This is purely error handling improvement with no changes to the driver's architecture or interfaces. 5. **Important Subsystem**: GPIO operations are fundamental and used by many kernel subsystems and userspace applications. ### ✅ **Follows Established Kernel Patterns:** My analysis of other GPIO drivers shows this error handling pattern is **universal** across the kernel: - `gpio-arizona.c`, `gpio-bd71828.c`, `gpio- madera.c`, `gpio-max77620.c`, `pinctrl-axp209.c`, and many others - **Every examined driver** checks `regmap_read` return values in GPIO get functions - The armada-37xx driver was an outlier in ignoring these errors ### ✅ **Real-World Impact:** This fix addresses scenarios where: - **Hardware communication failures** (I2C/SPI bus errors, device power issues) - **Device disconnect events** (hot-plug scenarios, power management) - **Timing/electrical issues** causing intermittent regmap failures Without this fix, `gpio_get()` would return potentially garbage values (using uninitialized `val`) when hardware communication fails, leading to incorrect GPIO state reporting to userspace. ### ✅ **Reference Similar Commits:** Looking at the provided examples, this commit closely resembles: - **Similar Commit #3 (Status: YES)**: "Fix irq_of_parse_and_map() return value" - fixes incorrect error handling - **Similar Commit #1 (Status: YES)**: "Convert to use dev_err_probe()" - improves error handling patterns Both are small, focused error handling improvements that were deemed suitable for backporting. ## Conclusion This is a textbook example of a stable tree candidate: it's a small, safe bug fix that brings the driver in line with kernel-wide error handling standards, addresses real hardware failure scenarios, and has zero risk of regression while providing tangible benefits for system reliability.
drivers/pinctrl/mvebu/pinctrl-armada-37xx.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mvebu/pinctrl-armada-37xx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mvebu/pinctrl-armada-37xx.c index 0f799faf84c78..c9b2ef70ddc7c 100644 --- a/drivers/pinctrl/mvebu/pinctrl-armada-37xx.c +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mvebu/pinctrl-armada-37xx.c @@ -437,11 +437,14 @@ static int armada_37xx_gpio_get(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset) struct armada_37xx_pinctrl *info = gpiochip_get_data(chip); unsigned int reg = INPUT_VAL; unsigned int val, mask; + int ret;
armada_37xx_update_reg(®, &offset); mask = BIT(offset);
- regmap_read(info->regmap, reg, &val); + ret = regmap_read(info->regmap, reg, &val); + if (ret) + return ret;
return (val & mask) != 0; }