[Bug 49151] NULL pointer dereference in pata_acpi

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49151





--- Comment #24 from Anonymous Emailer <anonymous@kernel-bugs.osdl.org>  2012-10-24 09:28:47 ---
Reply-To: phillip.wood@talktalk.net

On 10/23/2012 11:17 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c b/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c
> index 09723b76beac..80d594d6e7c8 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_acpi.c
> @@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ static void pacpi_set_dmamode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
>
>   	/* Now stuff the nS values into the structure */
>   	t = ata_timing_find_mode(adev->dma_mode);
> +	if (!t) {
> +		pr_err("%s: ata_timing_find_mode gives NULL; adev->dma_mode: 0x%x\n",
> +		       __func__, adev->dma_mode);
> +
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
>   	if (adev->dma_mode >= XFER_UDMA_0) {
>   		acpi->gtm.drive[unit].dma = t->udma;
>   		acpi->gtm.flags |= (1 << (2 * unit));
> --

pacpi_set_dmamode: ata_timing_find_mode gives NULL; adev->dma_mode: 0x0

as well here if I build pata_acpi as a module, if I build it into the 
kernel I don't get any message.

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