From: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> backlight_device_register may return an ERR_PTR value rather than a valid pointer. Problem found by Julia Lawall, properly fixed by Zhang Rui. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/video.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c index 05dff63..3f685db 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/video.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c @@ -999,8 +999,10 @@ static void acpi_video_device_find_cap(struct acpi_video_device *device) sprintf(name, "acpi_video%d", count++); device->backlight = backlight_device_register(name, NULL, device, &acpi_backlight_ops); - device->backlight->props.max_brightness = device->brightness->count-3; kfree(name); + if (IS_ERR(device->backlight)) + return; + device->backlight->props.max_brightness = device->brightness->count-3; result = sysfs_create_link(&device->backlight->dev.kobj, &device->dev->dev.kobj, "device"); -- 1.6.0.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
