linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] drivers/acpi: elide a non-zero test on a result that is never 0

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:51:20 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
To:	"Zhang, Rui" <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] drivers/acpi: elide a non-zero test on a result that
 is never 0

> > > And the return value of thermal_zone_device_register is also
> > misused.
> I guess you didn't fix this one, right?
> Len, please apply this patch.:)

Indeed, I did not fix this one.  So your patch should be used in this 
case.

julia

> 
> 
> Check the return value of thermal zone device registration correctly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/thermal.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
> @@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ static int acpi_thermal_register_thermal
>  			tz->trips.active[i].flags.valid; i++, trips++);
>  	tz->thermal_zone = thermal_zone_device_register("ACPI thermal zone",
>  					trips, tz, &acpi_thermal_zone_ops);
> -	if (!tz->thermal_zone)
> +	if (IS_ERR(tz->thermal_zone))
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
>  	result = sysfs_create_link(&tz->device->dev.kobj,
> 
> 
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
> 

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/