[PATCH] ARM: pl330: fix null pointer dereference in pl330_chan_ctrl()
Mans Rullgard
mans.rullgard at linaro.org
Fri Jan 13 07:36:31 EST 2012
This fixes the thrd->req_running field being accessed before thrd
is checked for null. The error was introduced in abb959f.
Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <mans.rullgard at linaro.org>
---
arch/arm/common/pl330.c | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/common/pl330.c b/arch/arm/common/pl330.c
index 8d8df74..67abef5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/pl330.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/pl330.c
@@ -1496,12 +1496,13 @@ int pl330_chan_ctrl(void *ch_id, enum pl330_chan_op op)
struct pl330_thread *thrd = ch_id;
struct pl330_dmac *pl330;
unsigned long flags;
- int ret = 0, active = thrd->req_running;
+ int ret = 0, active;
if (!thrd || thrd->free || thrd->dmac->state == DYING)
return -EINVAL;
pl330 = thrd->dmac;
+ active = thrd->req_running;
spin_lock_irqsave(&pl330->lock, flags);
--
1.7.8.3
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