Re: [PATCH v1] drm/nouveau/clk: avoid potential null-dereference

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On 01/08/2015 10:45 AM, Ilia Mirkin wrote:
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We have to check pointer before usage.

Reported-by: Andrey Karpov <karpov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/base.c | 4 +++-
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/base.c
index e51b72d..2e84436 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/base.c
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ nouveau_pstate_new(struct nouveau_clock *clk, int idx)
                 return 0;

         pstate = kzalloc(sizeof(*pstate), GFP_KERNEL);
-       cstate = &pstate->base;
What's wrong with this line? If pstate == NULL, &pstate->base == NULL
as well and we return.
If pstate == NULL (kzalloc returned NULL), pstate->base triggers a null pointer
deference error?

Thanks,
Vince


         if (!pstate)
                 return -ENOMEM;

@@ -330,6 +329,9 @@ nouveau_pstate_new(struct nouveau_clock *clk, int idx)

         pstate->pstate = perfE.pstate;
         pstate->fanspeed = perfE.fanspeed;
+
+       cstate = &pstate->base;
+
         cstate->voltage = perfE.voltage;
         cstate->domain[nv_clk_src_core] = perfE.core;
         cstate->domain[nv_clk_src_shader] = perfE.shader;
--
1.8.3.101.g727a46b

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