RE: [RFC/PATCH] mtd: ubi: Test return value of __wl_get_peb

[Dolev Raviv]

Reviewed-by: Dolev Raviv <draviv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Dolev
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-----Original Message-----
From: linux-mtd [mailto:linux-mtd-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Tanya Brokhman
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 11:01 AM
To: dedekind1@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-mtd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; open list; Tanya Brokhman
Subject: [RFC/PATCH] mtd: ubi: Test return value of __wl_get_peb

In case of an error (if there are not free PEB's for example), __wl_get_peb
will return a negative value. In order to prevent access violation we need
to test the returned value prior to using it later on.

Signed-off-by: Tatyana Brokhman <tlinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c index
02317c1..457ead3 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
@@ -684,6 +684,9 @@ int ubi_wl_get_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi)
 	peb = __wl_get_peb(ubi);
 	spin_unlock(&ubi->wl_lock);
 
+	if (peb < 0)
+		return peb;
+
 	err = ubi_self_check_all_ff(ubi, peb, ubi->vid_hdr_aloffset,
 				    ubi->peb_size - ubi->vid_hdr_aloffset);
 	if (err) {
--
1.7.6
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