linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] kconfig: don't crash on NULL expressions in expr

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Date:   Mon,  9 Dec 2019 00:19:17 -0800
From:   Thomas Hebb <tommyhebb@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Hebb <tommyhebb@...il.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] kconfig: don't crash on NULL expressions in expr_eq()

NULL expressions are taken to always be true, as implemented by the
expr_is_yes() macro and by several other functions in expr.c. As such,
they ought to be valid inputs to expr_eq(), which compares two
expressions.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hebb <tommyhebb@...il.com>
---
 scripts/kconfig/expr.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/expr.c b/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
index 77ffff3a053c..8284444cc3fa 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/expr.c
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ static int expr_eq(struct expr *e1, struct expr *e2)
 {
 	int res, old_count;
 
+	/* A NULL expr is taken to be yes, but there's also a different way to
+	 * represent yes. expr_is_yes() checks for either representation. */
+	if (!e1 || !e2)
+		return expr_is_yes(e1) && expr_is_yes(e2);
+
 	if (e1->type != e2->type)
 		return 0;
 	switch (e1->type) {
-- 
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