linux-kernel - [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-laptop: Allocate buffer before rfkill use

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Message-Id: <1510777273-31322-1-git-send-email-mario.limonciello@dell.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:21:13 -0600
From:   Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
To:     dvhart@...radead.org, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, valdis.kletnieks@...edu,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-laptop: Allocate buffer before rfkill use

On machines using rfkill interface the buffer needs to have been
allocated before the initial use (memset) of it.

Reported-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>
Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
index c4903c5..2d70436 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
@@ -2073,6 +2073,11 @@ static int __init dell_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail_platform_device2;
 
+	buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(struct calling_interface_buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buffer)
+		goto fail_buffer;
+
+
 	ret = dell_setup_rfkill();
 
 	if (ret) {
@@ -2080,10 +2085,6 @@ static int __init dell_init(void)
 		goto fail_rfkill;
 	}
 
-	buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(struct calling_interface_buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!buffer)
-		goto fail_buffer;
-
 	if (quirks && quirks->touchpad_led)
 		touchpad_led_init(&platform_device->dev);
 
-- 
2.7.4