linux-kernel - [PATCH] firmware_class: fix typo in error path

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Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:15:18 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Guy, Wey-Yi W" <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] firmware_class: fix typo in error path

From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>

In the error path, _request_firmware sets
firmware_p to NULL rather than *firmware_p,
which leads to passing a freed firmware
struct to drivers when the firmware file
cannot be found. Fix this.

Broken by commit f8a4bd3456b988fc73b2c.

Reported-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
---
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/base/firmware_class.c	2010-08-18 17:02:10.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/drivers/base/firmware_class.c	2010-08-18 17:13:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static int _request_firmware(const struc
 out:
 	if (retval) {
 		release_firmware(firmware);
-		firmware_p = NULL;
+		*firmware_p = NULL;
 	}
 
 	return retval;


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