On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> kmalloc can return null. Add a check to avoid potential null
> pointer dereference error when the pointer is accessed later.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/omapdss-boot-init.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/omapdss-boot-init.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/omapdss-boot-init.c
> index 99af9e88b2d8..2f0822ee3ff9 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/omapdss-boot-init.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/omapdss-boot-init.c
> @@ -121,9 +121,11 @@ static void __init omapdss_add_to_list(struct device_node *node, bool root)
> {
> struct dss_conv_node *n = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dss_conv_node),
> GFP_KERNEL);
> - n->node = node;
> - n->root = root;
> - list_add(&n->list, &dss_conv_list);
> + if (n) {
> + n->node = node;
> + n->root = root;
> + list_add(&n->list, &dss_conv_list);
> + }
> }
>
> static bool __init omapdss_list_contains(const struct device_node *node)
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
>
Gentle ping..
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Regards,
Sachin.
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