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| author | Haojie Li <lihaojie@kylinos.cn> | 2026-08-25 18:08:45 +0800 |
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| committer | Chun-Kuang Hu <chunkuang.hu@kernel.org> | 2026-09-28 23:20:55 +0000 |
| commit | bce7698e2e6565bb765bd0522337f29f5f312624 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b735b7b4a27369cb4d75d9431b3ee59ce7e5bcc /Documentation/driver-api/firmware/introduction.rst | |
| download | linux-stable-bce7698e2e6565bb765bd0522337f29f5f312624.tar.gz linux-stable-bce7698e2e6565bb765bd0522337f29f5f312624.zip | |
drm/mediatek: Add missing IS_ERR check for ovl_adaptor platform devicegrafted
platform_device_register_data() can fail and return an ERR_PTR, but the
return value is used without checking, leading to an invalid pointer
being stored in ddp_comp[].dev and passed to component_match_add() and
mtk_ddp_comp_init(), which could result in a kernel crash.
Add an IS_ERR() check to jump to the error handling path on failure.
Fixes: 0d9eee9118b7 ("drm/mediatek: Add drm ovl_adaptor sub driver for MT8195")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Haojie Li <lihaojie@kylinos.cn>
Reviewed-by: CK Hu <ck.hu@mediatek.com>
Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mediatek/patch/20260825100845.438893-1-lihaojie@kylinos.cn/
Signed-off-by: Chun-Kuang Hu <chunkuang.hu@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/introduction.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/introduction.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..211cb44eb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/introduction.rst @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +============ +Introduction +============ + +The firmware API enables kernel code to request files required +for functionality from userspace, the uses vary: + +* Microcode for CPU errata +* Device driver firmware, required to be loaded onto device + microcontrollers +* Device driver information data (calibration data, EEPROM overrides), + some of which can be completely optional. + +Types of firmware requests +========================== + +There are two types of calls: + +* Synchronous +* Asynchronous + +Which one you use vary depending on your requirements, the rule of thumb +however is you should strive to use the asynchronous APIs unless you also +are already using asynchronous initialization mechanisms which will not +stall or delay boot. Even if loading firmware does not take a lot of time +processing firmware might, and this can still delay boot or initialization, +as such mechanisms such as asynchronous probe can help supplement drivers. |
