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Date:	Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:34:52 -0400
From:	"Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@...htlink.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>, lm-sensors@...sensors.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] hwmon/ibmpex.c: fix NULL dereference

Hi:

* Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> [2007-10-17 21:29:02 +0200]:
> Don't dereference "data" when we know for sure it's NULL.
> 
> Spotted by the Coverity checker.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
> 
> ---
> 66bec2ef5c6d55fc30ef6ac5bb97fdfcfaf394f2 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
> index c462824..e14ce3d 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c
> @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static void ibmpex_register_bmc(int iface, struct device *dev)
>  	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!data) {
>  		printk(KERN_ERR DRVNAME ": Insufficient memory for BMC "
> -		       "interface %d.\n", data->interface);
> +		       "interface.\n");
>  		return;
>  	}
>  

Applied to hwmon-2.6.git/testing, thanks.

-- 
Mark M. Hoffman
mhoffman@...htlink.com

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