From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell King - ARM Linux Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] iommu/omap: fix NULL pointer dereference Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:17:52 +0000 Message-ID: <20120222091752.GG22675@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1329900772-9306-1-git-send-email-ohad@wizery.com> <1329900772-9306-2-git-send-email-ohad@wizery.com> <20120222085623.GF22675@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: Ohad Ben-Cohen Cc: Tony Lindgren , Hiroshi DOYU , iommu-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, Laurent Pinchart , linux-omap-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:10:38AM +0200, Ohad Ben-Cohen wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux > wrote: > > There's something else which needs fixing here - the return code. =A0If > > omap_find_iovm_area() returns an error code that needs propagating. > > Otherwise it might as well just return NULL for all errors. > = > Seems like it does just return NULL for all errors, so a cleaner fix > can probably just be s/IS_ERR(area)/!area/. > = > I'll submit it, but Joerg, if you feel this is becoming a "cleanup", > feel free to take the first version. That sounds more like a bug fix than a cleanup to me.