[PATCH v2] soc: ti: knav: Add a NULL pointer check for kdev in knav_pool_create
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Mon Aug 21 00:21:05 PDT 2017
On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 7:44 AM, santosh.shilimkar at oracle.com
<santosh.shilimkar at oracle.com> wrote:
> Hi Arnd,
>
> On 7/30/17 9:31 PM, Keerthy wrote:
>>
>> knav_pool_create is an exported function. In the event of a call
>> before knav_queue_probe, we encounter a NULL pointer dereference
>> in the following line. Hence return -EPROBE_DEFER to the caller till
>> the kdev pointer is non-NULL.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Keerthy <j-keerthy at ti.com>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>>
>> * Fixed returning an int to returning pointer.
>
> FWIW, Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar at oracle.com>
>
> Can you please also apply this fix in your fixes branch ?
Applied now, thanks!
Arnd
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