From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Currently there is an unlikely case where cpufreq_cpu_get returns a null policy and this will cause a null pointer dereference later on. Fix this by passing the policy to transition_frequency_fidvid from the caller and hence eliminating the need for the cpufreq_cpu_get and cpufreq_cpu_put. Thanks to Viresh Kumar for suggesting the fix. Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return") Fixes: b43a7ffbf33b ("cpufreq: Notify all policy->cpus in cpufreq_notify_transition()") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- V2: pass the policy to transition_frequency_fidvid rather than add a null pointer check on the return from a cpufreq_cpu_get call. V3: update subject line to match the fix --- drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c index 0acc9e241cd7..b9ccb6a3dad9 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c @@ -878,9 +878,9 @@ static int get_transition_latency(struct powernow_k8_data *data) /* Take a frequency, and issue the fid/vid transition command */ static int transition_frequency_fidvid(struct powernow_k8_data *data, - unsigned int index) + unsigned int index, + struct cpufreq_policy *policy) { - struct cpufreq_policy *policy; u32 fid = 0; u32 vid = 0; int res; @@ -912,9 +912,6 @@ static int transition_frequency_fidvid(struct powernow_k8_data *data, freqs.old = find_khz_freq_from_fid(data->currfid); freqs.new = find_khz_freq_from_fid(fid); - policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(smp_processor_id()); - cpufreq_cpu_put(policy); - cpufreq_freq_transition_begin(policy, &freqs); res = transition_fid_vid(data, fid, vid); cpufreq_freq_transition_end(policy, &freqs, res); @@ -969,7 +966,7 @@ static long powernowk8_target_fn(void *arg) powernow_k8_acpi_pst_values(data, newstate); - ret = transition_frequency_fidvid(data, newstate); + ret = transition_frequency_fidvid(data, newstate, pol); if (ret) { pr_err("transition frequency failed\n"); -- 2.29.2