If we fail to allocate struct platform_device pdev we dereference it after the goto label err. I have rearranged the error handling a bit to fix the issue and also make it more clear. Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c index fc4dd7c..14d61d9 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/devices/platform-ipu-core.c @@ -77,34 +77,38 @@ struct platform_device *__init imx_alloc_mx3_camera( pdev = platform_device_alloc("mx3-camera", 0); if (!pdev) - goto err; + return ERR_PTR(ret); pdev->dev.dma_mask = kmalloc(sizeof(*pdev->dev.dma_mask), GFP_KERNEL); if (!pdev->dev.dma_mask) - goto err; + goto put_pdev; *pdev->dev.dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32); pdev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32); ret = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, res, ARRAY_SIZE(res)); if (ret) - goto err; + goto free_dma_mask; if (pdata) { struct mx3_camera_pdata *copied_pdata; ret = platform_device_add_data(pdev, pdata, sizeof(*pdata)); - if (ret) { -err: - kfree(pdev->dev.dma_mask); - platform_device_put(pdev); - return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); - } + if (ret) + goto free_dma_mask; + copied_pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev); copied_pdata->dma_dev = &imx_ipu_coredev->dev; } return pdev; + +free_dma_mask: + kfree(pdev->dev.dma_mask); +put_pdev: + platform_device_put(pdev); + + return ERR_PTR(ret); } struct platform_device *__init imx_add_mx3_sdc_fb( -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html