linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] Bug Fix drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c: secure sg

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Date:	Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:10:24 -0700
From:	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Bug Fix drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c: secure sg_next() calling

sg_next() is called only when sg is not NULL. This solves a kernel panic on
some platforms (e.g. ia64).

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>

---

 drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c b/drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c
index bec29ed..54ee63d 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c
@@ -1705,8 +1715,12 @@ static int __domain_mapping(struct dmar_domain *domain, unsigned long iov_pfn,
 		iov_pfn++;
 		pteval += VTD_PAGE_SIZE;
 		sg_res--;
-		if (!sg_res)
-			sg = sg_next(sg);
+		if (!sg_res) {
+			if (sg)
+				sg = sg_next(sg);
+			else
+				return 0;
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
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