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Message-ID: <5379E284.7030700@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 12:52:52 +0200
From: Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>
To: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>,
Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>
CC: Sangbeom Kim <sbkim73@...sung.com>,
Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix for possible null pointer dereference in dma.c
Hi Rickard,
On 15.05.2014 23:57, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.
>
> Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
> ---
> sound/soc/samsung/dma.c | 10 ++++++----
> 1 fil ändrad, 6 tillägg(+), 4 borttagningar(-)
>
> diff --git a/sound/soc/samsung/dma.c b/sound/soc/samsung/dma.c
> index dc09b71..b1f6757 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/samsung/dma.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/samsung/dma.c
> @@ -115,17 +115,19 @@ static void dma_enqueue(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
> static void audio_buffdone(void *data)
> {
> struct snd_pcm_substream *substream = data;
> - struct runtime_data *prtd = substream->runtime->private_data;
> + struct runtime_data *prtd = NULL;
>
> pr_debug("Entered %s\n", __func__);
>
> - if (prtd->state & ST_RUNNING) {
> + if(substream)
> + prtd = substream->runtime->private_data;
> +
> + if (prtd && prtd->state & ST_RUNNING) {
> prtd->dma_pos += prtd->dma_period;
> if (prtd->dma_pos >= prtd->dma_end)
> prtd->dma_pos = prtd->dma_start;
>
> - if (substream)
> - snd_pcm_period_elapsed(substream);
> + snd_pcm_period_elapsed(substream);
>
> spin_lock(&prtd->lock);
> if (!samsung_dma_has_circular()) {
>
Can you find a path (or use case, if possible) on which any of affected
pointers will be NULL?
Best regards,
Tomasz
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