linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in acpi_processor

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Date:	Wed, 29 May 2013 01:30:24 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	patches@...aro.org, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in acpi_processor_add()

On Thursday, May 23, 2013 08:44:26 PM Hanjun Guo wrote:
> In acpi_processor_add(), get_cpu_device() will return NULL sometimes,
> although the chances are small, I think it should be fixed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>

This patch isn't necessary any more after the changes queued up for 3.11
in the acpi-hotplug branch of the linux-pm.git tree.

Thanks,
Rafael


> ---
>  drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
> index bec717f..dd64f23 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
> @@ -579,6 +579,10 @@ static int __cpuinit acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device
> *device)
>         per_cpu(processors, pr->id) = pr;
> 
>         dev = get_cpu_device(pr->id);
> +       if (!dev) {
> +               result = -ENODEV;
> +               goto err_clear_processor;
> +       }
>         if (sysfs_create_link(&device->dev.kobj, &dev->kobj, "sysdev")) {
>                 result = -EFAULT;
>                 goto err_clear_processor;
> 
-- 
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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