linux-kernel - [PATCH] drivers:misc: ti-st: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in st

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Date:	Mon, 8 Oct 2012 08:41:36 +0800
From:	Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@...il.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] drivers:misc: ti-st: fix potential NULL pointer dereference
 in st_register()

From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>

The dereference should be moved below the NULL test.

dpatch engine is used to auto generate this patch.
(https://github.com/weiyj/dpatch)

Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>
---
 drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
index 46937b1..ee341ea 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_core.c
@@ -511,13 +511,14 @@ long st_register(struct st_proto_s *new_proto)
 	unsigned long flags = 0;
 
 	st_kim_ref(&st_gdata, 0);
-	pr_info("%s(%d) ", __func__, new_proto->chnl_id);
 	if (st_gdata == NULL || new_proto == NULL || new_proto->recv == NULL
 	    || new_proto->reg_complete_cb == NULL) {
 		pr_err("gdata/new_proto/recv or reg_complete_cb not ready");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	pr_info("%s(%d) ", __func__, new_proto->chnl_id);
+
 	if (new_proto->chnl_id >= ST_MAX_CHANNELS) {
 		pr_err("chnl_id %d not supported", new_proto->chnl_id);
 		return -EPROTONOSUPPORT;

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