Make knav_dma_open_channel consistently return NULL on error instead of ERR_PTR. Currently the header include/linux/soc/ti/knav_dma.h returns NULL when the driver is disabled, but the driver implementation does not even return NULL or ERR_PTR on failure, causing inconsistency in the users. This results in a crash in netcp_free_navigator_resources as followed (trimmed): Unhandled fault: alignment exception (0x221) at 0xfffffff2 [fffffff2] *pgd=80000800207003, *pmd=82ffda003, *pte=00000000 Internal error: : 221 [#1] SMP ARM Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc7 #1 NONE Hardware name: Keystone PC is at knav_dma_close_channel+0x30/0x19c LR is at netcp_free_navigator_resources+0x2c/0x28c [... TRIM...] Call trace: knav_dma_close_channel from netcp_free_navigator_resources+0x2c/0x28c netcp_free_navigator_resources from netcp_ndo_open+0x430/0x46c netcp_ndo_open from __dev_open+0x114/0x29c __dev_open from __dev_change_flags+0x190/0x208 __dev_change_flags from netif_change_flags+0x1c/0x58 netif_change_flags from dev_change_flags+0x38/0xa0 dev_change_flags from ip_auto_config+0x2c4/0x11f0 ip_auto_config from do_one_initcall+0x58/0x200 do_one_initcall from kernel_init_freeable+0x1cc/0x238 kernel_init_freeable from kernel_init+0x1c/0x12c kernel_init from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x38 [... TRIM...] Standardize the error handling by making the function return NULL on all error conditions. The API is used in just the netcp_core.c so the impact is limited. Note, this change, in effect reverts commit 5b6cb43b4d62 ("net: ethernet: ti: netcp_core: return error while dma channel open issue"), but provides a less error prone implementation. Suggested-by: Simon Horman Suggested-by: Jacob Keller Signed-off-by: Nishanth Menon --- Changes since V2: * All patches squashed to a single patch * Updated commit message * rebased to next-20251029 V2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20250930121609.158419-1-nm@ti.com/ V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250926150853.2907028-1-nm@ti.com/ Crash seen: https://dashboard.kernelci.org/log-viewer?itemId=ti%3A2eb55ed935eb42c292e02f59&org=ti&type=test&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.kernelci.org%2F%2Fti%2Fmainline%2Fmaster%2Fv6.17-rc7-59-gbf40f4b87761%2Farm%2Fmulti_v7_defconfig%2BCONFIG_EFI%3Dy%2BCONFIG_ARM_LPAE%3Dy%2Bdebug%2Bkselftest%2Btinyconfig%2Fgcc-12%2Fbaseline-nfs-boot.nfs-k2hk-evm.txt.gz drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c | 10 +++++----- drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c | 14 +++++++------- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c index 857820657bac..5ee13db568f0 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c @@ -1338,10 +1338,10 @@ int netcp_txpipe_open(struct netcp_tx_pipe *tx_pipe) tx_pipe->dma_channel = knav_dma_open_channel(dev, tx_pipe->dma_chan_name, &config); - if (IS_ERR(tx_pipe->dma_channel)) { + if (!tx_pipe->dma_channel) { dev_err(dev, "failed opening tx chan(%s)\n", tx_pipe->dma_chan_name); - ret = PTR_ERR(tx_pipe->dma_channel); + ret = -EINVAL; goto err; } @@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ int netcp_txpipe_open(struct netcp_tx_pipe *tx_pipe) return 0; err: - if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tx_pipe->dma_channel)) + if (tx_pipe->dma_channel) knav_dma_close_channel(tx_pipe->dma_channel); tx_pipe->dma_channel = NULL; return ret; @@ -1678,10 +1678,10 @@ static int netcp_setup_navigator_resources(struct net_device *ndev) netcp->rx_channel = knav_dma_open_channel(netcp->netcp_device->device, netcp->dma_chan_name, &config); - if (IS_ERR(netcp->rx_channel)) { + if (!netcp->rx_channel) { dev_err(netcp->ndev_dev, "failed opening rx chan(%s\n", netcp->dma_chan_name); - ret = PTR_ERR(netcp->rx_channel); + ret = -EINVAL; goto fail; } diff --git a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c index a25ebe6cd503..e69f0946de29 100644 --- a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c +++ b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static int of_channel_match_helper(struct device_node *np, const char *name, * @name: slave channel name * @config: dma configuration parameters * - * Returns pointer to appropriate DMA channel on success or error. + * Returns pointer to appropriate DMA channel on success or NULL on error. */ void *knav_dma_open_channel(struct device *dev, const char *name, struct knav_dma_cfg *config) @@ -414,13 +414,13 @@ void *knav_dma_open_channel(struct device *dev, const char *name, if (!kdev) { pr_err("keystone-navigator-dma driver not registered\n"); - return (void *)-EINVAL; + return NULL; } chan_num = of_channel_match_helper(dev->of_node, name, &instance); if (chan_num < 0) { dev_err(kdev->dev, "No DMA instance with name %s\n", name); - return (void *)-EINVAL; + return NULL; } dev_dbg(kdev->dev, "initializing %s channel %d from DMA %s\n", @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ void *knav_dma_open_channel(struct device *dev, const char *name, if (config->direction != DMA_MEM_TO_DEV && config->direction != DMA_DEV_TO_MEM) { dev_err(kdev->dev, "bad direction\n"); - return (void *)-EINVAL; + return NULL; } /* Look for correct dma instance */ @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ void *knav_dma_open_channel(struct device *dev, const char *name, } if (!dma) { dev_err(kdev->dev, "No DMA instance with name %s\n", instance); - return (void *)-EINVAL; + return NULL; } /* Look for correct dma channel from dma instance */ @@ -463,14 +463,14 @@ void *knav_dma_open_channel(struct device *dev, const char *name, if (!chan) { dev_err(kdev->dev, "channel %d is not in DMA %s\n", chan_num, instance); - return (void *)-EINVAL; + return NULL; } if (atomic_read(&chan->ref_count) >= 1) { if (!check_config(chan, config)) { dev_err(kdev->dev, "channel %d config miss-match\n", chan_num); - return (void *)-EINVAL; + return NULL; } } -- 2.47.0