RE: [PATCH] iio: imu: adis16400: Avoid null pointer dereference

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Jonathan Cameron wrote on 2011-08-26:
> On 08/26/11 09:43, michael.hennerich@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> From: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Not sure if this is a proper fix. However it should do the trick.
>> ring->scan_maks is allocated in iio_ring_buffer_register() which called
>> after adis16400_configure_ring. So the time this pointer dereference
>> takes place scan_mask is uninitialized.
> Dratt missed that one.  This definitely isn't the right fix as it will
> get wiped out when that element is initialized.
>
> Mostly I fixed equivalents elsewhere by not setting a default. After all
> user space shouldn't be relying on any particular set of channels being
> enable anyway.  Do we have a good reason to not just remove it here?

Feel free to remove it - I don't have a good reason other than convenience...

>> Signed-off-by: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/iio/imu/adis16400_ring.c |    2 +-
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/imu/adis16400_ring.c
>> b/drivers/staging/iio/imu/adis16400_ring.c index 1a47d07..f6d50be
>> 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/iio/imu/adis16400_ring.c +++
>> b/drivers/staging/iio/imu/adis16400_ring.c @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int
>> adis16400_configure_ring(struct iio_dev
> *indio_dev)
>>      ring->setup_ops = &adis16400_ring_setup_ops;
>>      ring->owner = THIS_MODULE;
>>      /* Set default scan mode - assumes single long is big enough */
>> -    *ring->scan_mask = st->variant->default_scan_mask;
>> +    ring->scan_mask = &st->variant->default_scan_mask;
>>      ring->scan_count = hweight_long(st->variant->default_scan_mask);
>>
>>      indio_dev->pollfunc =
> iio_alloc_pollfunc(&iio_pollfunc_store_time,
>

Greetings,
Michael

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