From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: emilgoode@gmail.com (Emil Goode)
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 00:57:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH v3] ARM: imx: fix error handling in ipu device registration
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Hello Russell,

On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 11:35:55PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 01:08:36AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > Let's look at that error handling again.
> > 
> > err:  <-- the name is not descriptive.  the location is bad.
> > 		kfree(pdev->dev.dma_mask);  <- null dereference.
> > 		platform_device_put(pdev);  <- ok
> > 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);    <- should be "return ERR_PTR(ret);"
> > 
> > 3 out of 4 of the lines are bad.
> 
> 2 out of 4.  kfree(NULL) is perfectly legal.

I believe pdev could potentially be NULL, so it's the dereference
that is the problem.

Best regards,

Emil Goode