Struct apple_smc's mutex was not initialized before use. Surprisingly
this only resulted in occasional NULL pointer dereferences in
apple_smc_read() calls from the probe() functions of sub devices.

Fixes: e038d985c9823 ("mfd: Add Apple Silicon System Management Controller")
Signed-off-by: Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net>
---
 drivers/mfd/macsmc.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/macsmc.c b/drivers/mfd/macsmc.c
index 870c8b2028a8fc0e905c8934c2636824cbe5d527..3a117cf19145e86b642f40dc165b542b8df69070 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/macsmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/macsmc.c
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ static int apple_smc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!smc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	mutex_init(&smc->mutex);
 	smc->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	smc->sram_base = devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, 1, &smc->sram);
 	if (IS_ERR(smc->sram_base))

---
base-commit: 8f5ae30d69d7543eee0d70083daf4de8fe15d585
change-id: 20250925-macsmc-mutex_init-80d7cb2aacfa

Best regards,
-- 
Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net>

> Struct apple_smc's mutex was not initialized before use. Surprisingly
> this only resulted in occasional NULL pointer dereferences in
> apple_smc_read() calls from the probe() functions of sub devices.

See also:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.17-rc7#n94

Regards,
Markus

On Sat, 27 Sep 2025, Markus Elfring wrote:

> > Struct apple_smc's mutex was not initialized before use. Surprisingly
> > this only resulted in occasional NULL pointer dereferences in
> > apple_smc_read() calls from the probe() functions of sub devices.
> 
> See also:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.17-rc7#n94

Provide some context in your own words.

Don't expect others to click random links.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]

>>> Struct apple_smc's mutex was not initialized before use. Surprisingly
>>> this only resulted in occasional NULL pointer dereferences in
>>> apple_smc_read() calls from the probe() functions of sub devices.
>>
>> See also:
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.17-rc7#n94
> 
> Provide some context in your own words.

Would contributors like to care more also for the usage of imperative mood
in proposed commit messages?


> Don't expect others to click random links.

Should the mentioned information source be better known since a while?

Regards,
Markus

On Wed, 01 Oct 2025, Markus Elfring wrote:

> >>> Struct apple_smc's mutex was not initialized before use. Surprisingly
> >>> this only resulted in occasional NULL pointer dereferences in
> >>> apple_smc_read() calls from the probe() functions of sub devices.
> >>
> >> See also:
> >> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.17-rc7#n94
> > 
> > Provide some context in your own words.
> 
> Would contributors like to care more also for the usage of imperative mood
> in proposed commit messages?
> 
> 
> > Don't expect others to click random links.
> 
> Should the mentioned information source be better known since a while?

By all means, provide the link as well.

However, you must also provide your own context.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]

>>>>> Struct apple_smc's mutex was not initialized before use. Surprisingly
>>>>> this only resulted in occasional NULL pointer dereferences in
>>>>> apple_smc_read() calls from the probe() functions of sub devices.
…> However, you must also provide your own context.

Do you try to support the creation of improved change descriptions?

Regards,
Markus

On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net> wrote:
>
> Struct apple_smc's mutex was not initialized before use. Surprisingly
> this only resulted in occasional NULL pointer dereferences in
> apple_smc_read() calls from the probe() functions of sub devices.
>
> Fixes: e038d985c9823 ("mfd: Add Apple Silicon System Management Controller")
> Signed-off-by: Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/macsmc.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>

LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Neal Gompa <neal@gompa.dev>


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