* [PATCH] drm:vkms: Add NULL value after free function In function vkms_exit, after kfree(default_config), give specific NULL value to pointer default_config to avoid wild pointer.
@ 2021-05-12 11:55 Hao Peng
2021-05-17 14:09 ` Daniel Vetter
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From: Hao Peng @ 2021-05-12 11:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rodrigosiqueiramelo, melissa.srw, hamohammed.sa, daniel, airlied
Cc: dri-devel, linux-kernel, Hao Peng
Signed-off-by: Hao Peng <penghaob@uniontech.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
index 2173b82606f6..6c63201db5d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ static void __exit vkms_exit(void)
vkms_destroy(default_config);
kfree(default_config);
+ default_config = NULL;
}
module_init(vkms_init);
--
2.20.1
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* Re: [PATCH] drm:vkms: Add NULL value after free function In function vkms_exit, after kfree(default_config), give specific NULL value to pointer default_config to avoid wild pointer.
2021-05-12 11:55 [PATCH] drm:vkms: Add NULL value after free function In function vkms_exit, after kfree(default_config), give specific NULL value to pointer default_config to avoid wild pointer Hao Peng
@ 2021-05-17 14:09 ` Daniel Vetter
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From: Daniel Vetter @ 2021-05-17 14:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Hao Peng
Cc: rodrigosiqueiramelo, melissa.srw, hamohammed.sa, daniel, airlied,
dri-devel, linux-kernel
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 07:55:54PM +0800, Hao Peng wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Hao Peng <penghaob@uniontech.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
> index 2173b82606f6..6c63201db5d0 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
> @@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ static void __exit vkms_exit(void)
> vkms_destroy(default_config);
>
> kfree(default_config);
> + default_config = NULL;
This is the last thing before the module us unloaded, which means no one
can access default_config anymore. So also no point in clearing it.
-Daniel
> }
>
> module_init(vkms_init);
> --
> 2.20.1
>
>
>
--
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch
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