linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power_supply: charger-manager: Fix dereferencing of ERR

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Message-ID: <20150324150813.GB22934@earth>
Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:08:13 +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,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power_supply: charger-manager: Fix dereferencing of
 ERR_PTR

Hi Krzysztof,

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 08:58:43AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> If power_supply_register() fails do not dereference returned ERR_PTR.
> The pointer was dereferenced to print name of battery which registration
> failed. Instead use the name from the power supply description passed to
> the power_supply_register() function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Thanks, pulled.

-- Sebastian

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