linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: fix unintentional NULL check in menelaus_set

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Message-ID: <20140528152011.GB1954@lee--X1>
Date:	Wed, 28 May 2014 16:20:11 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Emil Goode <emilgoode@...il.com>
Cc:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: fix unintentional NULL check in
 menelaus_set_voltage()

On Wed, 28 May 2014, Emil Goode wrote:

> The struct menelaus_vtg pointer vtg cannot be NULL here
> so the condition is never true and if it ever was true
> it would lead to a NULL pointer dereference when we goto
> label set_voltage.
> 
> Before the below patch was applied the code was:
> 
> if (vtg == 0)
> 
> The intention was to check if vtg_val is 0.
> 
> commit 59a9f7a32adf6537b4e4db8ca204eeb77d7a634e
> ("mfd: menelaus: Use NULL instead of 0")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@...il.com>
> ---
> Hello,
> 
> This is only build tested, it would be good to get a comment
> from someone who is familiar with this code.
> 
> Found using coccinelle.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Emil Goode
> 
>  drivers/mfd/menelaus.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
> index ad25bfa..4859597 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
> @@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int menelaus_set_voltage(const struct menelaus_vtg *vtg, int mV,
>  	struct i2c_client *c = the_menelaus->client;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&the_menelaus->lock);
> -	if (!vtg)
> +	if (vtg_val == 0)

I would prefer:

  if (!vtg_val)

>  		goto set_voltage;
>  
>  	ret = menelaus_read_reg(vtg->vtg_reg);

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