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From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
To: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>,
	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] intel_ips: potential null dereference
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:48:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100807164853.4c3818c9@virtuousgeek.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100807215703.GA9031@bicker>

On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 00:01:12 +0200
Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a potential NULL dereference of "limits."  We can just return
> NULL earlier to avoid it.  The caller already handles NULL returns.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
> index afe82e5..c908048 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
> @@ -1342,8 +1342,10 @@ static struct ips_mcp_limits *ips_detect_cpu(struct ips_driver *ips)
>  		limits = &ips_lv_limits;
>  	else if (strstr(boot_cpu_data.x86_model_id, "CPU       U"))
>  		limits = &ips_ulv_limits;
> -	else
> +	else {
>  		dev_info(&ips->dev->dev, "No CPUID match found.\n");
> +		goto out;
> +	}
>  
>  	rdmsrl(TURBO_POWER_CURRENT_LIMIT, turbo_power);
>  	tdp = turbo_power & TURBO_TDP_MASK;

Yep, good idea to catch this case.

Reviewed-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center

      reply	other threads:[~2010-08-07 23:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-07 22:01 [patch] intel_ips: potential null dereference Dan Carpenter
2010-08-07 23:48 ` Jesse Barnes [this message]

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