linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][Resend] viacam: Don't explode if pci_find

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Date:	Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:59:03 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][Resend] viacam: Don't explode if pci_find_bus() returns
 NULL

On Mon, 1 Aug 2011, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> In the unlikely case that pci_find_bus() should return NULL
> viacam_serial_is_enabled() is going to dereference a NULL pointer and
> blow up. Better safe than sorry, so be defensive and check the
> pointer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
> Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> ---
>  drivers/media/video/via-camera.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c b/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c
> index 85d3048..bb7f17f 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c
> @@ -1332,6 +1332,8 @@ static __devinit bool viacam_serial_is_enabled(void)
>  	struct pci_bus *pbus = pci_find_bus(0, 0);
>  	u8 cbyte;
>  
> +	if (!pbus)
> +		return false;
>  	pci_bus_read_config_byte(pbus, VIACAM_SERIAL_DEVFN,
>  			VIACAM_SERIAL_CREG, &cbyte);
>  	if ((cbyte & VIACAM_SERIAL_BIT) == 0)

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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