On Fri, 2015-10-16 at 08:14 +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote: > of_get_property() is used inside the loop, but then the reference to the > node is dropped before dereferencing the prop pointer, which could by then > point to junk if the node has been freed. > > Instead use of_property_read_u32() to actually read the property > value before dropping the reference. > > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > *** UNTESTED *** > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c | 9 ++++----- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c > index bef76c5..dc4f6a4 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c > @@ -783,14 +783,13 @@ void __init early_get_first_memblock_info(void *params, phys_addr_t *size) > int of_get_ibm_chip_id(struct device_node *np) > { > of_node_get(np); > - while(np) { > + while (np) { > struct device_node *old = np; > - const __be32 *prop; > + u32 chip_id; > > - prop = of_get_property(np, "ibm,chip-id", NULL); > - if (prop) { > + if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "ibm,chip-id", &chip_id)) > of_node_put(np); > - return be32_to_cpup(prop); > + return chip_id; > } As the kbuild robot detected you have left an extra "}" here. I don't mind too much if you send patches that aren't compile tested, but you might save yourself some time by compiling them. There are x86->powerpc cross compilers here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.9.0/x86_64-gcc-4.9.0-nolibc_powerpc64-linux.tar.gz Or if you're running on Ubuntu you can just do: $ apt-get install gcc-powerpc-linux-gnu I think there's a package for Fedora too but I don't know the name off the top of my head. cheers -- 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