linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power_supply: 88pm860x_charger: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference and use of initialized variable

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Date:	Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:58:54 +0100
From:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
To:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power_supply: 88pm860x_charger: Fix possible NULL
 pointer dereference and use of initialized variable

Hi Krzysztof,

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:26:02AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Do not put reference to power supply in early exit paths of
> pm860x_done_handler() because:
> 1. it is not yet initialized,
> 2. it is NULL.
> 
> This fixes possible NULL pointer dereference and following build
> warning:
> drivers/power/88pm860x_charger.c: In function ‘pm860x_done_handler’:
> drivers/power/88pm860x_charger.c:516:18: warning: ‘psy’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> 
> Additionally this puts the power supply reference before unlocking
> mutex. This actually is not needed (there is no race here) but has
> logical sense and makes the exit paths cleaner.
> 
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>

Thanks, pulled.

-- Sebastian

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