Re: [patch] cpuidle: checking the wrong variable in __cpuidle_register_device()

Srivatsa S. Bhat
2012-01-09T13:12:55Z

On 01/09/2012 04:24 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:

> We updated this in 8a25a2fd12 "cpu: convert 'cpu' and 'machinecheck'
> sysdev_class to a regular subsystem" but it should be checking "cpu_dev"
> here not "dev". The "dev" variable was dereferenced already.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> index 59f4261..7771810 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int __cpuidle_register_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
> struct device *cpu_dev = get_cpu_device((unsigned long)dev->cpu);
> struct cpuidle_driver *cpuidle_driver = cpuidle_get_driver();
>
> - if (!dev)
> + if (!cpu_dev)
> return -EINVAL;
> if (!try_module_get(cpuidle_driver->owner))
> return -EINVAL;

Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>