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* [PATCH] PCC: fix dereference of ERR_PTR
@ 2015-09-16 14:04 Sudip Mukherjee
  2015-10-08 14:17 ` Sudip Mukherjee
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sudip Mukherjee @ 2015-09-16 14:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jassi Brar; +Cc: linux-kernel, Sudip Mukherjee

get_pcc_channel() does not return NULL on error it returns the error code
in ERR_PTR, but we have been checking it for NULL.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@vectorindia.org>
---
 drivers/mailbox/pcc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
index 68885a8..45d85ae 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ struct mbox_chan *pcc_mbox_request_channel(struct mbox_client *cl,
 	 */
 	chan = get_pcc_channel(subspace_id);
 
-	if (!chan || chan->cl) {
+	if (IS_ERR(chan) || chan->cl) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Channel not found for idx: %d\n", subspace_id);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
 	}
-- 
1.9.1


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* Re: [PATCH] PCC: fix dereference of ERR_PTR
  2015-09-16 14:04 [PATCH] PCC: fix dereference of ERR_PTR Sudip Mukherjee
@ 2015-10-08 14:17 ` Sudip Mukherjee
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sudip Mukherjee @ 2015-10-08 14:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jassi Brar; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 07:34:24PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> get_pcc_channel() does not return NULL on error it returns the error code
> in ERR_PTR, but we have been checking it for NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@vectorindia.org>
> ---
A gentle ping.

regards
sudip

>  drivers/mailbox/pcc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
> index 68885a8..45d85ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ struct mbox_chan *pcc_mbox_request_channel(struct mbox_client *cl,
>  	 */
>  	chan = get_pcc_channel(subspace_id);
>  
> -	if (!chan || chan->cl) {
> +	if (IS_ERR(chan) || chan->cl) {
>  		dev_err(dev, "Channel not found for idx: %d\n", subspace_id);
>  		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
>  	}
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 

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