Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (ds620): Check data pointer before dereference it

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On 07/12/2014 01:55 AM, Axel Lin wrote:
data can be an ERR_PTR, so the client assignment must only happen after the
ERR_PTR check.

Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/hwmon/ds620.c | 11 +++++++++--
  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ds620.c b/drivers/hwmon/ds620.c
index 1bdb6246..65e01a8 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ds620.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ds620.c
@@ -159,7 +159,12 @@ static ssize_t set_temp(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *da,

  	struct sensor_device_attribute *attr = to_sensor_dev_attr(da);
  	struct ds620_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-	struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
+	struct i2c_client *client;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(data))
+		return PTR_ERR(data);
+
Hi Axel,

This check is not needed; data is from dev_get_drvdata() and that is not problematic.

Guenter

+	client = data->client;

  	res = kstrtol(buf, 10, &val);

@@ -181,13 +186,15 @@ static ssize_t show_alarm(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *da,
  {
  	struct sensor_device_attribute *attr = to_sensor_dev_attr(da);
  	struct ds620_data *data = ds620_update_client(dev);
-	struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
+	struct i2c_client *client;
  	u16 conf, new_conf;
  	int res;

  	if (IS_ERR(data))
  		return PTR_ERR(data);

+	client = data->client;
+
  	/* reset alarms if necessary */
  	res = i2c_smbus_read_word_swapped(client, DS620_REG_CONF);
  	if (res < 0)



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