Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965468Ab3GLVB7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:01:59 -0400 Received: from g1t0027.austin.hp.com ([15.216.28.34]:3247 "EHLO g1t0027.austin.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965359Ab3GLVB6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:01:58 -0400 Message-ID: <1373662875.24916.17.camel@misato.fc.hp.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI / memhotplug: Fix a stale pointer in error path From: Toshi Kani To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Yasuaki Ishimatsu , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:01:15 -0600 In-Reply-To: <3723604.ey6eovWnzB@vostro.rjw.lan> References: <1373474833-14047-1-git-send-email-toshi.kani@hp.com> <51DF4CB6.4060903@jp.fujitsu.com> <1373640689.24916.15.camel@misato.fc.hp.com> <3723604.ey6eovWnzB@vostro.rjw.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.4 (3.6.4-3.fc18) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1861 Lines: 60 On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 22:42 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Friday, July 12, 2013 08:51:29 AM Toshi Kani wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 09:24 +0900, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote: > > > (2013/07/11 1:47), Toshi Kani wrote: > > > > device->driver_data needs to be cleared when releasing its data, > > > > mem_device, in an error path of acpi_memory_device_add(). > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani > > > > --- > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu > > > > Thanks Yasuaki! > > Queued up as a fix for 3.11. Thanks! > Do we need that in -stable as well? Good point. Yes, we need that in -stable as well. -Toshi > Rafael > > > > > > > > > drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c | 1 + > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c > > > > index c711d11..999adb5 100644 > > > > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c > > > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c > > > > @@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ static int acpi_memory_device_add(struct acpi_device *device, > > > > /* Get the range from the _CRS */ > > > > result = acpi_memory_get_device_resources(mem_device); > > > > if (result) { > > > > + device->driver_data = NULL; > > > > kfree(mem_device); > > > > return result; > > > > } > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in > > > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/