linux-kernel - [QUEUED v20160408 14/18] intel_th: Fix activating a subdevice without a driver

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Date:	Fri,  8 Apr 2016 17:56:37 +0300
From:	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
	Chunyan Zhang <zhang.chunyan@...aro.org>,
	laurent.fert@...el.com, yann.fouassier@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [QUEUED v20160408 14/18] intel_th: Fix activating a subdevice without a driver

If output subdevice driver is not loaded, activating it will try to
call its ->activate method and crash. Fix this by explicitly checking
for the driver.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c     | 12 ++++++++++--
 drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/intel_th.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c
index db0691929a..20339470c2 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c
@@ -183,7 +183,11 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(port);
 
 static int intel_th_output_activate(struct intel_th_device *thdev)
 {
-	struct intel_th_driver *thdrv = to_intel_th_driver(thdev->dev.driver);
+	struct intel_th_driver *thdrv =
+		to_intel_th_driver_or_null(thdev->dev.driver);
+
+	if (!thdrv)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (thdrv->activate)
 		return thdrv->activate(thdev);
@@ -195,7 +199,11 @@ static int intel_th_output_activate(struct intel_th_device *thdev)
 
 static void intel_th_output_deactivate(struct intel_th_device *thdev)
 {
-	struct intel_th_driver *thdrv = to_intel_th_driver(thdev->dev.driver);
+	struct intel_th_driver *thdrv =
+		to_intel_th_driver_or_null(thdev->dev.driver);
+
+	if (!thdrv)
+		return;
 
 	if (thdrv->deactivate)
 		thdrv->deactivate(thdev);
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/intel_th.h b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/intel_th.h
index 15ebd48a29..0df22e3067 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/intel_th.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/intel_th.h
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ struct intel_th_driver {
 #define to_intel_th_driver(_d)					\
 	container_of((_d), struct intel_th_driver, driver)
 
+#define to_intel_th_driver_or_null(_d)		\
+	((_d) ? to_intel_th_driver(_d) : NULL)
+
 static inline struct intel_th_device *
 to_intel_th_hub(struct intel_th_device *thdev)
 {
-- 
2.8.0.rc3