Re: [PATCH v2] OMAP: timer-gp: Fix for null pointer dereferencing issue

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"Mittal, Mukund" <mmittal@xxxxxx> writes:

> From: Mukund Mittal <mmittal@xxxxxx>
>
> OMAP: timer-gp: Fix for null pointer dereferencing issue
>
> Calling WARN() to warn for null pointer dereferencing for gpt pointer. 
>
> 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 +205,9 @@ 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";

Why remove these?  Please keep and re-use the __initdata strings.

>  	gpt = omap_dm_timer_request();
> -	if (!gpt)
> -		printk(err1, clocksource_gpt.name);
> +	WARN(!gpt, "%s: failed to request dm-timer\n", clocksource_gpt.name);

And you want WARN_ON() when you have a conditional warning.

>  	gpt_clocksource = gpt;
>  
>  	omap_dm_timer_set_source(gpt, OMAP_TIMER_SRC_SYS_CLK);
> @@ -224,7 +219,8 @@ 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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