From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mturquette@linaro.org (Mike Turquette) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:59:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] clk: fix new_parent dereference before null check In-Reply-To: <1377774651-5394-1-git-send-email-james.hogan@imgtec.com> References: <1377774651-5394-1-git-send-email-james.hogan@imgtec.com> Message-ID: <20130830195909.10934.38599@quantum> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Quoting James Hogan (2013-08-29 04:10:51) > Commit 71472c0 (clk: add support for clock reparent on set_rate) added a > dereference of the new_parent pointer in clk_reparent(), but as detected > by smatch clk_reparent() later checks whether new_parent is NULL. > > The dereference was in order to clear the new parent's new_child pointer > to avoid duplicate POST_RATE_CHANGE notifications, so clearly isn't > necessary if the new parent is NULL, so move it inside the "if > (new_parent)" block. > > Reported-by: Dan Carpenter > Signed-off-by: James Hogan > Cc: Mike Turquette > Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org Thanks for the quick fix. I've pulled this into clk-next. Regards, Mike > --- > drivers/clk/clk.c | 13 +++++++------ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c > index 2db08c0..02e75d4 100644 > --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c > +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c > @@ -1108,16 +1108,17 @@ static u8 clk_fetch_parent_index(struct clk *clk, struct clk *parent) > > static void clk_reparent(struct clk *clk, struct clk *new_parent) > { > - /* avoid duplicate POST_RATE_CHANGE notifications */ > - if (new_parent->new_child == clk) > - new_parent->new_child = NULL; > - > hlist_del(&clk->child_node); > > - if (new_parent) > + if (new_parent) { > + /* avoid duplicate POST_RATE_CHANGE notifications */ > + if (new_parent->new_child == clk) > + new_parent->new_child = NULL; > + > hlist_add_head(&clk->child_node, &new_parent->children); > - else > + } else { > hlist_add_head(&clk->child_node, &clk_orphan_list); > + } > > clk->parent = new_parent; > } > -- > 1.8.1.2