linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] drm/radeon: avoid NULL dereference, si_get_vce_clock

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Date:   Sun, 21 Aug 2016 22:52:23 +0200
From:   Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
To:     Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
Cc:     David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] drm/radeon: avoid NULL dereference, si_get_vce_clock_voltage

It does not make sense to check if table is NULL
and afterwards to dereference it without
considering the result.

The inconsistency was indicated by cppcheck.
An actual NULL pointer dereference was not observed.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si_dpm.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si_dpm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si_dpm.c
index e6abc09..ba2cf12 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si_dpm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si_dpm.c
@@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@ static int si_get_vce_clock_voltage(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 		&rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.vce_clock_voltage_dependency_table;
 
 	if (((evclk == 0) && (ecclk == 0)) ||
-	    (table && (table->count == 0))) {
+	    table == NULL || table->count == 0) {
 		*voltage = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
-- 
2.1.4