Re: [PATCH 19/51] staging: comedi: me4000: refactor request_irq() during attach

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On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 11:10:05AM +0000, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 2013-12-03 19:07, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> >Do the request_irq() before setting up the subdevices. This removes an
> >indent level and makes the code a bit cleaner.
> >
> >Also, remove the dev_warn() noise about the irq.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> >  drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me4000.c | 29 +++++++++++++----------------
> >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me4000.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me4000.c
> >index 3d12e91..b7284d0 100644
> >--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me4000.c
> >+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me4000.c
> >@@ -1505,6 +1505,13 @@ static int me4000_auto_attach(struct comedi_device *dev,
> >
> >  	me4000_reset(dev);
> >
> >+	if (pcidev->irq > 0) {
> >+		result = request_irq(pcidev->irq, me4000_ai_isr, IRQF_SHARED,
> >+				  dev->board_name, dev);
> >+		if (result == 0)
> >+			dev->irq = pcidev->irq;
> >+	}
> >+
> >  	result = comedi_alloc_subdevices(dev, 4);
> 
> This will cause a NULL pointer dereference on the following line in
> me4000_ai_isr():
> 
> 	struct comedi_subdevice *s = &dev->subdevices[0];
> 

That's not a dereference, you're just taking the address.  Even if "dev"
is NULL it won't crash.

regards,
dan carpenter


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