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Date:	Fri, 23 May 2014 00:01:42 +0200
From:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
To:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	linux-metag@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] arch: metag: mm: hugetlbpage.c:  Cleaning up inconsistent NULL checks

Cleaning up inconsistent NULL checks.
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>
---
 arch/metag/mm/hugetlbpage.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/metag/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/metag/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 0424315..3f8d5cd 100644
--- a/arch/metag/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/metag/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ new_search:
 			}
 		}
 		after_huge = 0;
-		addr = ALIGN_HUGEPT(vma->vm_end);
+		if (vma)
+			addr = ALIGN_HUGEPT(vma->vm_end);
 	}
 }
 #endif
-- 
1.7.10.4

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