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Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/5] irqchip/loongson-eiointc: Fix returned value on
 parsing MADT
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>,
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From:   Jianmin Lv <lvjianmin@loongson.cn>
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Date:   Sat, 1 Apr 2023 09:36:18 +0800
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Ok, thanks, got it.

On 2023/3/31 下午9:17, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 07:38:56PM +0800, Jianmin Lv wrote:
>> In pch_pic_parse_madt(), a NULL parent pointer will be
>> returned from acpi_get_vec_parent() for second pch-pic domain
>> related to second bridge while calling eiointc_acpi_init() at
>> first time, where the parent of it has not been initialized
>> yet, and will be initialized during second time calling
>> eiointc_acpi_init(). So, it's reasonable to return zero so
>> that failure of acpi_table_parse_madt() will be avoided, or else
>> acpi_cascade_irqdomain_init() will return and initialization of
>> followed pch_msi domain will be skipped.
>>
>> Although it does not matter when pch_msi_parse_madt() returns
>> -EINVAL if no invalid parent is found, it's also reasonable to
>> return zero for that.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jianmin Lv <lvjianmin@loongson.cn>
>> ---
>>   drivers/irqchip/irq-loongson-eiointc.c | 4 ++--
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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