| Message ID | 1310881175-26182-1-git-send-email-toddpoynor@google.com (mailing list archive) |
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| State | New, archived |
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On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:09:35, Todd Poynor wrote: > Avoid NULL dereference of irq_alloc_generic_chip return in low > memory conditions. > > Signed-off-by: Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@google.com> Thanks Todd, queuing this for v3.0. Thanks, Sekhar
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/irq.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/irq.c index d8c1af0..952dc12 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/irq.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/irq.c @@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ davinci_alloc_gc(void __iomem *base, unsigned int irq_start, unsigned int num) struct irq_chip_type *ct; gc = irq_alloc_generic_chip("AINTC", 1, irq_start, base, handle_edge_irq); + if (!gc) { + pr_err("%s: irq_alloc_generic_chip for IRQ %u failed\n", + __func__, irq_start); + return; + } + ct = gc->chip_types; ct->chip.irq_ack = irq_gc_ack_set_bit; ct->chip.irq_mask = irq_gc_mask_clr_bit;
Avoid NULL dereference of irq_alloc_generic_chip return in low memory conditions. Signed-off-by: Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@google.com> --- Found by inspection of the source; have not witnessed an actual crash. arch/arm/mach-davinci/irq.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)