In an unlikely (and probably wrong?) case that the 'ppi' parameter of
ata_host_alloc_pinfo() points to an array starting with a NULL pointer,
there's going to be a kernel oops as the 'pi' local variable won't get
reassigned from the initial value of NULL. Initialize 'pi' instead to
'&ata_dummy_port_info' to fix the possible kernel oops for good...
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static
analysis tool.
Signed-off-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx>
---
This patch is against the 'for-next' branch of Damien's 'libata.git' repo.
Changes in version 2:
- switched from the 'pi' variable assignment in the *for* statement to the
initializer, updating the patch description accordingly.
drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Index: libata/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
===================================================================
--- libata.orig/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ libata/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5462,7 +5462,7 @@ struct ata_host *ata_host_alloc_pinfo(st
const struct ata_port_info * const * ppi,
int n_ports)
{
- const struct ata_port_info *pi;
+ const struct ata_port_info *pi = &ata_dummy_port_info;
struct ata_host *host;
int i, j;
@@ -5470,7 +5470,7 @@ struct ata_host *ata_host_alloc_pinfo(st
if (!host)
return NULL;
- for (i = 0, j = 0, pi = NULL; i < host->n_ports; i++) {
+ for (i = 0, j = 0; i < host->n_ports; i++) {
struct ata_port *ap = host->ports[i];
if (ppi[j])
