[PATCH v2 1/3] state: copy backend of_path string
Michael Olbrich
m.olbrich at pengutronix.de
Thu Sep 15 23:43:38 PDT 2016
Caching pointers to device tree nodes or names is not save. The barebox
internal device tree may be changed by loading a new device tree or through
fixup handlers. As a result, the string may be deleted.
Use local copies of the full path instead.
Signed-off-by: Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich at pengutronix.de>
---
Changes since v1:
- First patch split into two patches
common/state/backend.c | 3 ++-
common/state/state.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/common/state/backend.c b/common/state/backend.c
index 2f2e6dfd32d1..5235bb0283dd 100644
--- a/common/state/backend.c
+++ b/common/state/backend.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ int state_backend_init(struct state_backend *backend, struct device_d *dev,
if (ret)
goto out_free_format;
- backend->of_path = of_path;
+ backend->of_path = xstrdup(of_path);
return 0;
@@ -185,4 +185,5 @@ void state_backend_free(struct state_backend *backend)
state_storage_free(&backend->storage);
if (backend->format)
state_format_free(backend->format);
+ free(backend->of_path);
}
diff --git a/common/state/state.h b/common/state/state.h
index 32146ca1bbc7..f930d06195b2 100644
--- a/common/state/state.h
+++ b/common/state/state.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct state_backend_storage {
struct state_backend {
struct state_backend_format *format;
struct state_backend_storage storage;
- const char *of_path;
+ char *of_path;
};
struct state {
--
2.8.1
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