linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: fix NULL checking in dma_pool

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Date:	Mon,  5 Nov 2012 01:46:36 -0500
From:	Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: fix NULL checking in dma_pool_create()

First, `dev' is dereferenced in dev_to_node(dev), suggesting that it
must be non-null.  Later `dev' is checked against NULL, suggesting
the opposite.  This patch adds a NULL check before its use.

Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>
---
 mm/dmapool.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/dmapool.c b/mm/dmapool.c
index c5ab33b..afbf88e 100644
--- a/mm/dmapool.c
+++ b/mm/dmapool.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ struct dma_pool *dma_pool_create(const char *name, struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct dma_pool *retval;
 	size_t allocation;
+	int node;
 
 	if (align == 0) {
 		align = 1;
@@ -159,7 +160,9 @@ struct dma_pool *dma_pool_create(const char *name, struct device *dev,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	retval = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*retval), GFP_KERNEL, dev_to_node(dev));
+	node = dev ? dev_to_node(dev) : -1;
+
+	retval = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*retval), GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (!retval)
 		return retval;
 
-- 
1.7.10.4

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