vpe_run() is a weak symbol. If there's no definition of it, its value is zero. If vpe_run is zero, return failure early. We're going to fail anyway, so there's no point in getting a VPE and attempting to load it. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c index 11da314..72cae9f 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c @@ -821,13 +821,18 @@ static int vpe_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) Elf_Ehdr *hdr; int ret = 0; + if (!vpe_run) { + pr_warn("VPE loader: ELF load failed.\n"); + return -ENOEXEC; + } + v = get_vpe(aprp_cpu_index()); if (v == NULL) return -ENODEV; hdr = (Elf_Ehdr *) v->pbuffer; if (memcmp(hdr->e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) == 0) { - if ((vpe_elfload(v) >= 0) && vpe_run) { + if (vpe_elfload(v) >= 0) { vpe_run(v); } else { pr_warn("VPE loader: ELF load failed.\n");