2012-06-20 08:13:26

by Axel Lin

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Subject: [PATCH] regulator: lp872x: Return -EINVAL if pdata is NULL

Return -EINVAL if pdata is NULL, otherwise we have NULL dereference bug.
This patch also moves the code checking pdata earlier in lp872x_probe.

Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <[email protected]>
---
drivers/regulator/lp872x.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/lp872x.c b/drivers/regulator/lp872x.c
index d51d098..e8f54ef 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/lp872x.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/lp872x.c
@@ -785,11 +785,6 @@ static int lp872x_config(struct lp872x *lp)
struct lp872x_platform_data *pdata = lp->pdata;
int ret;

- if (!pdata) {
- dev_warn(lp->dev, "no platform data\n");
- return 0;
- }
-
if (!pdata->update_config)
return 0;

@@ -889,6 +884,11 @@ static int lp872x_probe(struct i2c_client *cl, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
[LP8725] = LP8725_NUM_REGULATORS,
};

+ if (!pdata) {
+ dev_warn(&cl->dev, "no platform data\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
lp = devm_kzalloc(&cl->dev, sizeof(struct lp872x), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!lp)
goto err_mem;
--
1.7.9.5



2012-06-20 10:19:00

by Mark Brown

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: lp872x: Return -EINVAL if pdata is NULL

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 04:13:15PM +0800, Axel Lin wrote:
> Return -EINVAL if pdata is NULL, otherwise we have NULL dereference bug.
> This patch also moves the code checking pdata earlier in lp872x_probe.

Applied, thanks. We should really not be insisting on pdata though.


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