From: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx> The ->alloc() callback in struct falcon_ops returns an ERR_PTR()-encoded error code on failure, so it needs to be properly checked for, otherwise subsequent code may dereference an invalid pointer. Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/falcon.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/falcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/falcon.c index f685e72949d1..78c7a0156601 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/falcon.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/falcon.c @@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ int falcon_load_firmware(struct falcon *falcon) /* allocate iova space for the firmware */ falcon->firmware.vaddr = falcon->ops->alloc(falcon, firmware->size, &falcon->firmware.paddr); - if (!falcon->firmware.vaddr) { - dev_err(falcon->dev, "dma memory mapping failed\n"); - return -ENOMEM; + if (IS_ERR(falcon->firmware.vaddr)) { + dev_err(falcon->dev, "DMA memory mapping failed\n"); + return PTR_ERR(falcon->firmware.vaddr); } /* copy firmware image into local area. this also ensures endianness */ -- 2.19.1