linux-kernel - Re: [V1] ata: sata_mv:- Handle return value of devm

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Date:   Sat, 7 Jan 2017 00:52:57 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [V1] ata: sata_mv:- Handle return value of devm_ioremap.

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:46 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 11:13:27PM +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
>> Here, If devm_ioremap will fail. It will return NULL.
>> Then hpriv->base = NULL - 0x20000; Kernel can run into
>> a NULL-pointer dereference. This error check will avoid
>> NULL pointer dereference.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
>
> Applied to libata/for-4.10-fixes.

Hold on, why not to convert to devm_ioremap_resource() ?


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko