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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: "pradeep singh" <pradeep.rautela@gmail.com>
Cc: trivial@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2.6.22-rc5] cxgb2: handle possible NULL pointer dereferencing, take 2
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:34:50 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070625153450.c5f535ca.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a901b49a0706210618q7c22cbe0jd6f7e052a8e05a97@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:48:30 +0530
"pradeep singh" <pradeep.rautela@gmail.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/drivers/net/chelsio/cxgb2.c b/drivers/net/chelsio/cxgb2.c
> index 231ce43..006c634 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/chelsio/cxgb2.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/chelsio/cxgb2.c
> @@ -1022,6 +1022,11 @@ static int __devinit init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>        mmio_start = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);
>        mmio_len = pci_resource_len(pdev, 0);
>        bi = t1_get_board_info(ent->driver_data);
> +
> +       if (!bi) {
> +                CH_ERR("%s: Board info array index out of range\n",pci_name(pdev));
> +                goto out_disable_pdev;
> +        }
> 
>        for (i = 0; i < bi->port_number; ++i) {
>                struct net_device *netdev;

The chelsio driver is assuming that pci_device_id.driver_data has been
initialised to the board index, but I am unable to locate anywhere where
that initialisation actually happens.  Is this a bug?

(Who maintains this driver now?)

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-06-25 22:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-21 12:53 [PATCH v2.6.22-rc5] cxgb2: handle possible NULL pointer dereferencing, take 2 pradeep singh
2007-06-21 13:00 ` pradeep singh
2007-06-21 13:18 ` pradeep singh
2007-06-23 16:54   ` Andrew Morton
2007-06-25  5:46     ` pradeep singh
2007-06-25 22:34   ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2007-06-25 23:14     ` Jeff Garzik
2007-06-25 23:30       ` Andrew Morton
2007-06-25 23:32         ` Jeff Garzik
2007-06-26 16:24         ` Divy Le Ray
2007-06-25 23:15     ` Jeff Garzik
2007-06-26  0:38       ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-06-27  6:30 ` Jeff Garzik

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