Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] Re: Ooops in tda827x.c

[Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>]

Michael Krufky wrote:
>> On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 01:22 +0200, Sigmund Augdal wrote:
>>> changeset 49ba58715fe0 (7393) introduces an ooops in tda827x.c in
>>> tda827xa_lna_gain. The initialization of the "msg" variable accesses
>>> priv->cfg before the NULL check causing an oops when it is in fact
>>> NULL.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Sigmund Augdal
> 
> 
> 2008/6/4 Sigmund Augdal <sigmund@snap.tv>:
>> Attached patch fixes the problem.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Sigmund Augdal
>>
> 
> 
> Sigmund,
> 
> The driver was only able to get into this function without priv->cfg
> being defined, because m920x passes in NULL as cfg.
> 
> In my opinion, this is flawed by design, and m920x should pass in an
> empty structure rather than a NULL pointer, but I understand why
> people might disagree with that.
> 
> With that said, your patch looks good and I see that it fixes the
> issue. Please provide a sign-off so that your fix can be integrated
> and you will receive credit for your work.
> 
> Use the form:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Your Name <email@addre.ss>
> 

Sigmund,

Looking at the C-1501 patch that you sent in, here is the cause of your OOPS.

if (dvb_attach(tda827x_attach, budget_ci->budget.dvb_frontend, 0x61,
+				       &budget_ci->budget.i2c_adap, 0) == NULL)

You are passing "0" to the config structure of tda827x_attach.  First off, "0" is an illegal value.  This should be a pointer to a "struct tda827x_config"

...Please take a look at the tda827x_attach calls in saa7134-dvb.c for a better idea on what belongs there.

Regards,

Mike

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