Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] gpio: sifive: Get the parent IRQ's domain from its irq_data

From: Samuel Holland
Date: Wed Jul 19 2023 - 13:03:52 EST


On 2023-07-19 11:54 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 09:34:44AM -0700, Samuel Holland wrote:
>> Do not parse the devicetree again when the data is already available
>> from the IRQ subsystem. This follows the example of the ThunderX and
>> X-Gene GPIO drivers. The ngpio check is needed to avoid a possible
>> out-of-bounds read.
>
> ...
>
>> - girq->parent_domain = parent;
>> + girq->parent_domain = irq_get_irq_data(chip->irq_number[0])->domain;
>
> For the sake of readability I would like to leave parent variable
> and assign it beforehand somewhere upper in the code.

OK.

> Also, can irq_get_irq_data() return NULL? Needs a comment on top
> of that assignment or an additional check.

No, the earlier loop already verified the IRQ number was valid. I don't think it
can later become invalid. In any case, we already dereference the result of
irq_get_irq_data(irq_number[foo]) in sifive_gpio_child_to_parent_hwirq().