linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: android: ion: dummy: fix dereference of ERR

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Date:	Thu,  7 Apr 2016 22:02:25 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Riley Andrews <riandrews@...roid.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: android: ion: dummy: fix dereference of ERR_PTR

ion_device_create() can fail and if it fails then it returns the error
value in ERR_PTR.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>
---
 drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c
index 5678870..806e76b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ static int __init ion_dummy_init(void)
 	int i, err;
 
 	idev = ion_device_create(NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(idev))
+		return PTR_ERR(idev);
 	heaps = kcalloc(dummy_ion_pdata.nr, sizeof(struct ion_heap *),
 			GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!heaps)
-- 
1.9.1