[PATCH] powerpc, ocxl: Fix extraction of struct xive_irq_data

Andrew Donnellan ajd at linux.ibm.com
Thu Oct 9 11:40:55 AEDT 2025


On Wed, 2025-10-08 at 08:13 +0000, Nam Cao wrote:
> Commit cc0cc23babc9 ("powerpc/xive: Untangle xive from child interrupt
> controller drivers") changed xive_irq_data to be stashed to chip_data
> instead of handler_data. However, multiple places are still attempting to
> read xive_irq_data from handler_data and get a NULL pointer deference bug.
> 
> Update them to read xive_irq_data from chip_data.
> 
> Non-XIVE files which touch xive_irq_data seem quite strange to me,
> especially the ocxl driver. I think there ought to be an alternative
> platform-independent solution, instead of touching XIVE's data directly.
> Therefore, I think this whole thing should be cleaned up. But perhaps I
> just misunderstand something. In any case, this cleanup would not be
> trivial; for now, just get things working again.

ocxl has always done quite a few weird things...

> 
> Fixes: cc0cc23babc9 ("powerpc/xive: Untangle xive from child interrupt
> controller drivers")
> Reported-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list at gmail.com>
> Closes:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/68e48df8.170a0220.4b4b0.217d@mx.google.com/
> Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcao at linutronix.de>

Acked-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd at linux.ibm.com>  # ocxl

> ---
> VAS and OCXL has not been tested. I noticed them while grepping.

Unfortunately I don't have convenient ocxl hardware on hand to test with any
more (I'm sure the cards are floating around *somewhere* in the company...), but
this looks like a straightforward change.

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Andrew Donnellan    OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd at linux.ibm.com   IBM Australia Limited


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