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* [PATCH] iio: imu: Use iio_trigger_get for indio_dev->trig assignment
@ 2015-03-28  6:37 Darshana Padmadas
  2015-03-28 13:53 ` Jonathan Cameron
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Darshana Padmadas @ 2015-03-28  6:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: outreachy-kernel
  Cc: jic23, linux-iio, srinivas.pandruvada, daniel.baluta,
	Darshana Padmadas

This patch uses iio_trigger_get to increment the reference
count of trigger device, to avoid incorrect assignment.

This patch refers to a similar situation encountered through the
following discussion:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-iio/msg13669.html

Signed-off-by: Darshana Padmadas <darshanapadmadas@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/iio/imu/adis_trigger.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/adis_trigger.c b/drivers/iio/imu/adis_trigger.c
index e0017c2..f53e9a8 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/adis_trigger.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/adis_trigger.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int adis_probe_trigger(struct adis *adis, struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	iio_trigger_set_drvdata(adis->trig, adis);
 	ret = iio_trigger_register(adis->trig);
 
-	indio_dev->trig = adis->trig;
+	indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(adis->trig);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_free_irq;
 
-- 
1.9.1


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* Re: [PATCH] iio: imu: Use iio_trigger_get for indio_dev->trig assignment
  2015-03-28  6:37 [PATCH] iio: imu: Use iio_trigger_get for indio_dev->trig assignment Darshana Padmadas
@ 2015-03-28 13:53 ` Jonathan Cameron
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jonathan Cameron @ 2015-03-28 13:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Darshana Padmadas, outreachy-kernel
  Cc: linux-iio, srinivas.pandruvada, daniel.baluta

On 28/03/15 06:37, Darshana Padmadas wrote:
> This patch uses iio_trigger_get to increment the reference
> count of trigger device, to avoid incorrect assignment.
> 
> This patch refers to a similar situation encountered through the
> following discussion:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-iio/msg13669.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darshana Padmadas <darshanapadmadas@gmail.com>
Applied to the fixes-togreg branch of iio.git with it marked for stable
as well.

Added a note that this can cause a null pointer dereference to make
it clear why this should be in stable.

Thanks,

Jonathan
> ---
>  drivers/iio/imu/adis_trigger.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/adis_trigger.c b/drivers/iio/imu/adis_trigger.c
> index e0017c2..f53e9a8 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/imu/adis_trigger.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/imu/adis_trigger.c
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int adis_probe_trigger(struct adis *adis, struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
>  	iio_trigger_set_drvdata(adis->trig, adis);
>  	ret = iio_trigger_register(adis->trig);
>  
> -	indio_dev->trig = adis->trig;
> +	indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(adis->trig);
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto error_free_irq;
>  
> 


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