linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: media: as102: replace custom dprintk() with dev

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Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2014 12:10:24 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	m.chehab@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: media: as102: replace custom dprintk() with
 dev_dbg()

On Sun, Aug 03, 2014 at 04:54:21PM +0200, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> @@ -447,6 +457,13 @@ static uint8_t as102_fe_get_code_rate(fe_code_rate_t arg)
>  static void as102_fe_copy_tune_parameters(struct as10x_tune_args *tune_args,
>  			  struct dtv_frontend_properties *params)
>  {
> +	struct dvb_frontend *fe;
> +	struct as102_dev_t *dev;
> +
> +	fe = container_of(params, struct dvb_frontend, dtv_property_cache);
> +	dev = (struct as102_dev_t *) fe->tuner_priv;
> +	if (dev == NULL)
> +		dev_err(&dev->bus_adap.usb_dev->dev, "No device found\n");

NULL dereference in printing error message.  I think smatch or
coccinelle would detect this although I haven't tried either.

This is the typical bug for this kind of patch.

regards,
dan carpenter
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