linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] /drivers/video/backlight/tdo24m

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:18:09 +0800
From:	Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>
To:	Aviv Laufer <aviv.laufer@...il.com>
CC:	rpurdie@...ys.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] /drivers/video/backlight/tdo24m - crash on kmalloc

Aviv Laufer wrote:
> There is  a crash in tdo24m module caused by a call to kmalloc with
> the second parameter sizeof(flag) instead of flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aviv Laufer <aviv.laufer@...il.com>

Acked-by: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>

> ---
> 
> 
> --- linux-2.6.30/drivers/video/backlight/tdo24m.c.orig	2009-06-23
> 15:08:02.000000000 +0300
> +++ linux-2.6.30/drivers/video/backlight/tdo24m.c	2009-06-23
> 15:09:05.000000000 +0300
> @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static int __devinit tdo24m_probe(struct
>  	lcd->power = FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN;
>  	lcd->mode = MODE_VGA;	/* default to VGA */
> 
> -	lcd->buf = kmalloc(TDO24M_SPI_BUFF_SIZE, sizeof(GFP_KERNEL));
> +	lcd->buf = kmalloc(TDO24M_SPI_BUFF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (lcd->buf == NULL) {
>  		kfree(lcd);
>  		return -ENOMEM;
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