[PATCH v10 8/8] usb: chipidea: imx: fix the error that using uninitialized pointer

Peter Chen peter.chen at freescale.com
Wed Feb 27 22:24:17 EST 2013


On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 04:39:48PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> On 27-02-2013 10:33, Peter Chen wrote:
> 
> >If the core's probe fails, the platform layer may not get core's
> >private data, if the platform tries to use struct ci13xxx, it will
> >use uninitialized pointer. Besides, if the core's probe fails,
> >the platform layer should know it, and let its probe fail too.
> 
> >Signed-off-by: Peter Chen <peter.chen at freescale.com>
> >---
> >  drivers/usb/chipidea/ci13xxx_imx.c |    7 +++++++
> >  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> >diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci13xxx_imx.c b/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci13xxx_imx.c
> >index 5499cf8..720ea92 100644
> >--- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci13xxx_imx.c
> >+++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/ci13xxx_imx.c
> >@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ static int ci13xxx_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);
> >
> >  	ci = platform_get_drvdata(plat_ci);
> >+
> 
>    No need for empty line here...
> 
> >+	if (!ci) {
> >+		ret = -ENODEV;
> >+		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
> >+			"some wrong at ci core's initialization\n");
> >+		goto err_clk;
> >+	}
> 
>    It'd be better to put it here.

Thanks.

> 
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Internal vbus on/off policy
> >  	 * - Always on for host only function
> 
> WBR, Sergei
> 
> 

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Best Regards,
Peter Chen




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