linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/prom: Avoid reference to potentially freed memory

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Message-ID: <201510161538.2cFpVldH%fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:50:24 +0800
From:	kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:	Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:	kbuild-all@...org, benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org,
	mpe@...erman.id.au, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/prom: Avoid reference to potentially freed memory

Hi Christophe,

[auto build test ERROR on powerpc/next -- if it's inappropriate base, please suggest rules for selecting the more suitable base]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Christophe-JAILLET/powerpc-prom-Avoid-reference-to-potentially-freed-memory/20151016-141714
config: powerpc-defconfig (attached as .config)
reproduce:
        wget https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git/plain/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make.cross ARCH=powerpc 

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

   arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c: In function 'of_get_ibm_chip_id':
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c:787:23: error: unused variable 'old' [-Werror=unused-variable]
      struct device_node *old = np;
                          ^
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c:795:15: error: 'old' undeclared (first use in this function)
      of_node_put(old);
                  ^
   arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c:795:15: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
   arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c: At top level:
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c:797:2: error: expected identifier or '(' before 'return'
     return -1;
     ^
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c:798:1: error: expected identifier or '(' before '}' token
    }
    ^
   arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c: In function 'of_get_ibm_chip_id':
   arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c:796:2: error: control reaches end of non-void function [-Werror=return-type]
     }
     ^
   cc1: all warnings being treated as errors

vim +/old +787 arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c

b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  781   * be found.
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  782   */
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  783  int of_get_ibm_chip_id(struct device_node *np)
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  784  {
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  785  	of_node_get(np);
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  786  	while (np) {
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15 @787  		struct device_node *old = np;
12540384 Christophe JAILLET     2015-10-16  788  		u32 chip_id;
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  789  
12540384 Christophe JAILLET     2015-10-16  790  		if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "ibm,chip-id", &chip_id))
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  791  			of_node_put(np);
12540384 Christophe JAILLET     2015-10-16  792  			return chip_id;
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  793  		}
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  794  		np = of_get_parent(np);
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15 @795  		of_node_put(old);
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  796  	}
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15 @797  	return -1;
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15 @798  }
b130e7c0 Dan Streetman          2015-05-07  799  EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_get_ibm_chip_id);
b37193b7 Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2013-07-15  800  
3eb906c6 Michael Ellerman       2013-11-20  801  /**

:::::: The code at line 787 was first introduced by commit
:::::: b37193b71846858d816e152d3a5db010d7b73f5e powerpc/powernv: Add helper to get ibm,chip-id of a node

:::::: TO: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
:::::: CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>

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