Re: [PATCH v2] iommu: fix an incorrect NULL check on list iterator

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On Sun, May 01, 2022 at 09:28:23PM +0800, Xiaomeng Tong wrote:
> The bug is here:
> 	if (!iommu || iommu->dev->of_node != spec->np) {
> 
> The list iterator value 'iommu' will *always* be set and non-NULL by
> list_for_each_entry(), so it is incorrect to assume that the iterator
> value will be NULL if the list is empty or no element is found (in fact,
> it will point to a invalid structure object containing HEAD).
> 
> To fix the bug, use a new value 'iter' as the list iterator, while use
> the old value 'iommu' as a dedicated variable to point to the found one,
> and remove the unneeded check for 'iommu->dev->of_node != spec->np'
> outside the loop.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: f78ebca8ff3d6 ("iommu/msm: Add support for generic master bindings")
> Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> changes since v1:
>  - add a new iter variable (suggested by Joerg Roedel)

This is now applied. I had to manually apply it because the patch was
malformed at line 36 and git-am complained.

Regards,

	Joerg



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