linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: mpc8xxx: Prevent NULL pointer deref in demux handler

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Date:	Thu, 3 May 2012 12:22:06 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	Felix Radensky <felix@...edded-sol.com>,
	Thomas Wucher <thwucher@...utronix.de>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: mpc8xxx: Prevent NULL pointer deref in demux
 handler

This time with the correct CC of the reporter :)

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Subject: gpio: mpc8xxx: Prevent NULL pointer deref in demux handler
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 11:58:09 +0200

commit cfadd838(powerpc/8xxx: Fix interrupt handling in MPC8xxx GPIO
driver) added an unconditional call of chip->irq_eoi() to the demux
handler.

This leads to a NULL pointer derefernce on MPC512x platforms which use
this driver as well.

Make it conditional.

Reported-by: Thomas Wucher <thwucher@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Felix Radensky <felix@...edded-sol.com>
Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ static void mpc8xxx_gpio_irq_cascade(uns
 	if (mask)
 		generic_handle_irq(irq_linear_revmap(mpc8xxx_gc->irq,
 						     32 - ffs(mask)));
-	chip->irq_eoi(&desc->irq_data);
+	if (chip->irq_eoi)
+		chip->irq_eoi(&desc->irq_data);
 }
 
 static void mpc8xxx_irq_unmask(struct irq_data *d)
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