linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iommu:Check that iommu_device_create has completed successfully in alloc

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Date:	Mon, 4 Jan 2016 17:38:16 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
Cc:	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iommu:Check that iommu_device_create has completed
 successfully in alloc_iommu

On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 11:27:10AM -0500, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> Yes that's true and was wondering if you want me to fix it up to set
> the pointer back to null first or if preferred around safe state. 

The best solution is to set the dmar->iommu pointer after the error
check for iommu_device_create().



	Joerg

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