ACPI: fix oops after dock driver fails to initialize The driver tests the dock_station pointer for nonnull to check whether it has initialized properly. But in some cases dock_station will be non-null after being freed when driver init fails. Fix by zeroing the pointer after freeing. Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert --- drivers/acpi/dock.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) --- 2.6.21-d390.orig/drivers/acpi/dock.c +++ 2.6.21-d390/drivers/acpi/dock.c @@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle) if (ret) { printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Error %d registering dock device\n", ret); kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; return ret; } ret = device_create_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_docked); @@ -705,6 +706,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle) printk("Error %d adding sysfs file\n", ret); platform_device_unregister(&dock_device); kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; return ret; } ret = device_create_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_undock); @@ -713,6 +715,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle) device_remove_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_docked); platform_device_unregister(&dock_device); kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; return ret; } @@ -725,6 +728,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle) dd = alloc_dock_dependent_device(handle); if (!dd) { kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; ret = -ENOMEM; goto dock_add_err_unregister; } @@ -752,6 +756,7 @@ dock_add_err_unregister: device_remove_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_undock); platform_device_unregister(&dock_device); kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; return ret; } @@ -785,6 +790,7 @@ static int dock_remove(void) /* free dock station memory */ kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; return 0; }