Re: [PATCH] fbdev/hga: Request memory region before ioremap

[Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>]

Hi

Am 10.03.26 um 07:41 schrieb Hardik Phalet:
> The driver calls ioremap() on the HGA video memory at 0xb0000 without
> first reserving the physical address range via request_mem_region().
> This leaves the kernel resource tree incomplete and can cause silent
> conflicts with other drivers claiming the same range.
>
> Add a request_mem_region() call before ioremap() in hga_card_detect()
> and release the region in all error paths and in hgafb_remove().
>
> Signed-off-by: Hardik Phalet <hardik.phalet@pm.me>
> ---
>   drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c
> index 14418aa3791a..ceca6cc2c928 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c
> @@ -284,9 +284,16 @@ static int hga_card_detect(void)

You can pass the platform device from hga_probe() and ...

>   
>   	hga_vram_len  = 0x08000;
>   
> +	if (!request_mem_region(0xb0000, hga_vram_len, "hgafb")) {

... use devm_request_mem_region() here.  That would avoid all the 
clean-up calls below AFAICT.

Best regards
Thomas


> +		pr_err("hgafb: cannot reserve video memory at 0xb0000\n");
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +	}
> +
>   	hga_vram = ioremap(0xb0000, hga_vram_len);
> -	if (!hga_vram)
> +	if (!hga_vram) {
> +		release_mem_region(0xb0000, hga_vram_len);
>   		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
>   
>   	if (request_region(0x3b0, 12, "hgafb"))
>   		release_io_ports = 1;
> @@ -348,6 +355,7 @@ static int hga_card_detect(void)
>   	}
>   	return 0;
>   error:
> +	release_mem_region(0xb0000, hga_vram_len);
>   	if (release_io_ports)
>   		release_region(0x3b0, 12);
>   	if (release_io_port)
> @@ -619,6 +627,7 @@ static void hgafb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   	}
>   
>   	iounmap(hga_vram);
> +	release_mem_region(0xb0000, hga_vram_len);
>   
>   	if (release_io_ports)
>   		release_region(0x3b0, 12);

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
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