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Message-ID: <20080830180503.GI25161@spacedout.fries.net>
Date:	Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:05:03 -0500
From:	David Fries <david@...es.net>
To:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, p_gortmaker@...oo.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ne.c fix, res->name

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:03:57AM +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:44:25 -0500, David Fries <david@...es.net> wrote:
> > +	if (!strcmp(res->name, BAD_STR))
> > +		dev->mem_end = BAD;
> 
> The res->name might be NULL.  You should check it first.
> 
> 	if (res->name && !strcmp(res->name, BAD_STR))
> 		dev->mem_end = BAD;

The name gets a valid string by that point in time.

drivers/base/platform.c:257
int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev)

        for (i = 0; i < pdev->num_resources; i++) {
                struct resource *p, *r = &pdev->resource[i];

                if (r->name == NULL)
                        r->name = pdev->dev.bus_id;

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David Fries <david@...es.net>
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