[PATCH] OMAP: timer-gp: Fix for null pointer dereferencing issue

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From: Mukund Mittal <mmittal@xxxxxx>

OMAP: timer-gp: Fix for null pointer dereferencing issue

There was a null pointer dereferencing issue for gpt pointer. 
It was checked and an error was printed but execution was not terminated. 
Fixed by calling function BUG().

Signed-off-by: Mukund Mittal <mmittal@xxxxxx>
---
 arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c |   14 +++++++-------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-omap-2.6/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
===================================================================
--- linux-omap-2.6.orig/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
+++ linux-omap-2.6/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer-gp.c
@@ -205,14 +205,13 @@ static void __init omap2_gp_clocksource_
 {
 	static struct omap_dm_timer *gpt;
 	u32 tick_rate, tick_period;
-	static char err1[] __initdata = KERN_ERR
-		"%s: failed to request dm-timer\n";
-	static char err2[] __initdata = KERN_ERR
-		"%s: can't register clocksource!\n";
 
 	gpt = omap_dm_timer_request();
-	if (!gpt)
-		printk(err1, clocksource_gpt.name);
+	if (!gpt) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to request dm-timer\n",
+			clocksource_gpt.name);
+		BUG();
+	}
 	gpt_clocksource = gpt;
 
 	omap_dm_timer_set_source(gpt, OMAP_TIMER_SRC_SYS_CLK);
@@ -224,7 +223,8 @@ static void __init omap2_gp_clocksource_
 	clocksource_gpt.mult =
 		clocksource_khz2mult(tick_rate/1000, clocksource_gpt.shift);
 	if (clocksource_register(&clocksource_gpt))
-		printk(err2, clocksource_gpt.name);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: can't register clocksource!\n",
+			clocksource_gpt.name);
 }
 #endif

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