[PATCH RFC 1/2] mtd : Prevent the NULL pointer access

Brian Norris computersforpeace at gmail.com
Fri Jan 27 14:08:01 EST 2012


On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Shubhrajyoti D <shubhrajyoti at ti.com> wrote:
> This patch intends to fix the null pointer access.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shubhrajyoti D <shubhrajyoti at ti.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c |    5 +++--
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
> index 6ae9ca0..2b3bda7 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
> @@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ static void mtd_release(struct device *dev)
>  static int mtd_cls_suspend(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state)
>  {
>        struct mtd_info *mtd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> -
> -       return mtd_suspend(mtd);
> +       if (mtd)
> +               return mtd_suspend(mtd);
> +       return 0;
>  }
>
>  static int mtd_cls_resume(struct device *dev)

Forgot this patch was here; this fix is also covered in
l2-mtd-2.6.git, waiting for inclusion in the 3.3-rcX release cycle.
Thanks for the work though!

Brian



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