Re: [PATCH 1/4] ACPI: Add acpi_pr_<level>() interfaces

[Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>]

On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 15:06 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 15:41 -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 14:27 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 14:40 -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> > > > This patch introduces acpi_pr_<level>(), where <level> is a message
> > > > level such as err/warn/info, to support improved logging messages
> > > > for ACPI, esp. in hotplug operations.
> > > 
> > > One more note:
> > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
> > > []
> > > > @@ -454,3 +454,35 @@ acpi_evaluate_hotplug_ost(acpi_handle handle, u32 source_event,
> > > []
> > > > +void
> > > > +acpi_printk(const char *level, acpi_handle handle, const char *fmt, ...)
> > > []
> > > > +	struct acpi_buffer buffer = {ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER};
> > > []
> > > > +	ret = acpi_get_name(handle, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &buffer);
> > > []
> > > > +	kfree(buffer.pointer);
> > > 
> > > There's a failure mode here because buffer.pointer
> > > isn't guaranteed to be initialized or set to NULL.
> > 
> > Hi Joe,
> > 
> > Yes, I thought that check was necessary as well.  However, to my
> > surprise, such check caused the following warning message from
> > patchcheck.pl.  So, I deleted the check...
> 
> checkpatch ain't very bright.
> 
> Because buffer is an automatic not a static,
> buffer.pointer needs to be set to NULL.
> 
> 	struct acpi_buffer buffer = {
> 		.length = ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
> 		.pointer = NULL,
> 	};
> 
> then the kfree is fine.

Hi Joe,

Very good point!  I will update with the change.


Thanks,
-Toshi


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