[PATCH] mfd: menelaus: remove null pointer dereference

[PATCH] mfd: menelaus: remove null pointer dereference

[Himangi Saraogi]

If vtg is NULL, it is not possible to access its mode_reg field. At all
sites where the static function menelaus_set_voltage is called, the first
argument is the address of a structure defined in the file. So, the null
test is unnecessary and is removed. Also, a label is done away with.

This problem was found using the following Coccinelle semantic match:

// <smpl>
@@
expression E, E1;
identifier f;
statement S1,S2,S3;
@@

* if (E == NULL)
{
  ... when != if (E == NULL) S1 else S2
      when != E = E1
* E->f
  ... when any
  return ...;
}
else S3
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
---
Not compile tested.
 drivers/mfd/menelaus.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
index 5e2667a..18ff56f 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
@@ -466,8 +466,6 @@ static int menelaus_set_voltage(const struct menelaus_vtg *vtg, int mV,
 	struct i2c_client *c = the_menelaus->client;
 
 	mutex_lock(&the_menelaus->lock);
-	if (!vtg)
-		goto set_voltage;
 
 	ret = menelaus_read_reg(vtg->vtg_reg);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -482,7 +480,6 @@ static int menelaus_set_voltage(const struct menelaus_vtg *vtg, int mV,
 	ret = menelaus_write_reg(vtg->vtg_reg, val);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
-set_voltage:
 	ret = menelaus_write_reg(vtg->mode_reg, mode);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&the_menelaus->lock);
-- 
1.9.1

Re: [PATCH] mfd: menelaus: remove null pointer dereference

[Lee Jones]

On Sat, 09 Aug 2014, Himangi Saraogi wrote:

> If vtg is NULL, it is not possible to access its mode_reg field. At all
> sites where the static function menelaus_set_voltage is called, the first
> argument is the address of a structure defined in the file. So, the null
> test is unnecessary and is removed. Also, a label is done away with.
> 
> This problem was found using the following Coccinelle semantic match:
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression E, E1;
> identifier f;
> statement S1,S2,S3;
> @@
> 
> * if (E == NULL)
> {
>   ... when != if (E == NULL) S1 else S2
>       when != E = E1
> * E->f
>   ... when any
>   return ...;
> }
> else S3
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
> ---
> Not compile tested.
>  drivers/mfd/menelaus.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
> index 5e2667a..18ff56f 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
> @@ -466,8 +466,6 @@ static int menelaus_set_voltage(const struct menelaus_vtg *vtg, int mV,
>  	struct i2c_client *c = the_menelaus->client;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&the_menelaus->lock);
> -	if (!vtg)
> -		goto set_voltage;
>  
>  	ret = menelaus_read_reg(vtg->vtg_reg);
>  	if (ret < 0)
> @@ -482,7 +480,6 @@ static int menelaus_set_voltage(const struct menelaus_vtg *vtg, int mV,
>  	ret = menelaus_write_reg(vtg->vtg_reg, val);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		goto out;
> -set_voltage:
>  	ret = menelaus_write_reg(vtg->mode_reg, mode);
>  out:
>  	mutex_unlock(&the_menelaus->lock);

-- 
Lee Jones
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