Re: [PATCH 05/28] mfd: bd96801: Allocate watchdog IRQ resource on the heap

[Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@gmail.com>]

On 21/10/2026 15:09, Lee Jones wrote:
> bd96801_i2c_probe() declares struct resource wdg_irq on the stack and
> assigns its address to ddata->cells[WDG_CELL].resources.  Although
> mfd_add_device() deep-copies the resource table via
> platform_device_add_resources() before bd96801_i2c_probe() returns, the
> shared cell template and the shallow MFD cell copy attached to the child
> platform device retain a stale pointer to the expired stack frame.
> 
> Allocate wdg_irq on the heap via devm_kzalloc() alongside regulator_res
> so the stored pointer remains valid for the lifetime of the device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>

Does this warrant a fixes-tag?

Other than that,
Reviewed-by: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@gmail.com>

Thanks for fixing this!

Yours,
	-- Matti

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Matti Vaittinen
Linux kernel developer at ROHM Semiconductors
Oulu Finland

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