Re: [PATCH] arm64/dma-mapping: Fix null-pointer check

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 12:41:10PM -0700, Olav Haugan wrote:
> @@ -149,6 +140,11 @@ static void *__dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size,
>  	bool coherent = is_device_dma_coherent(dev);
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This re-introduces an instance that you say you're getting rid of...

>  	pgprot_t prot = __get_dma_pgprot(attrs, PAGE_KERNEL, false);
>  
> +	if (!dev) {
> +		WARN_ONCE(1, "Use an actual device structure for DMA allocation\n");
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
>  	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
>  
>  	if (!coherent && !gfpflags_allow_blocking(flags)) {

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