linux-kernel - [PATCH] drivers/misc/hpilo: Correct panic when an AUX iLO is detected

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Message-Id: <1376404333-33815-1-git-send-email-Mark.Rusk@hp.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:32:13 -0500
From:	Mark Rusk <Mark.Rusk@...com>
To:	arnd@...db.de
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mark Rusk <Mark.Rusk@...com>
Subject: [PATCH] drivers/misc/hpilo: Correct panic when an AUX iLO is detected 

 Using an uninitialized variable 'devnum' after 'goto out;' was causing
 panic.  Just go ahead and return, we need to ignore AUX iLO devs.

 Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
   .
   .
   .
 RIP  [<ffffffffa033e270>] ilo_probe+0xec/0xe7c [hpilo]
---
 drivers/misc/hpilo.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
index 621c7a3..b83e3ca 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static int ilo_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	/* Ignore subsystem_device = 0x1979 (set by BIOS)  */
 	if (pdev->subsystem_device == 0x1979)
-		goto out;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (max_ccb > MAX_CCB)
 		max_ccb = MAX_CCB;
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static void __exit ilo_exit(void)
 	class_destroy(ilo_class);
 }
 
-MODULE_VERSION("1.4");
+MODULE_VERSION("1.4.1");
 MODULE_ALIAS(ILO_NAME);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(ILO_NAME);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Altobelli <david.altobelli@...com>");
-- 
1.7.1

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