Re: [V1] ata: sata_mv:- Handle return value of devm_ioremap.

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Sun Jan 08 2017 - 17:12:04 EST


On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 8:49 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 12:52:57AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:46 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 11:13:27PM +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
>> >> Here, If devm_ioremap will fail. It will return NULL.
>> >> Then hpriv->base = NULL - 0x20000; Kernel can run into
>> >> a NULL-pointer dereference. This error check will avoid
>> >> NULL pointer dereference.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > Applied to libata/for-4.10-fixes.
>>
>> Hold on, why not to convert to devm_ioremap_resource() ?
>
> Care to send the patch?

Incremental or substitute?


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko