Re: [PATCH] drm/fb: Fix pointer dereference before null check.

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 01:00:13PM -0500, David Lechner wrote:
> fb_crtc is used before a null check, so move the use after the null check.
> 
> This was just identified by inspection. I haven't actually observed a crash
> here, so it is possible that the null check could be unnecessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.
-Daniel

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> index 2cc28f0..2d3f93e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> @@ -2424,9 +2424,9 @@ static void drm_setup_crtcs(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
>  		struct drm_display_mode *mode = modes[i];
>  		struct drm_fb_helper_crtc *fb_crtc = crtcs[i];
>  		struct drm_fb_offset *offset = &offsets[i];
> -		struct drm_mode_set *modeset = &fb_crtc->mode_set;
>  
>  		if (mode && fb_crtc) {
> +			struct drm_mode_set *modeset = &fb_crtc->mode_set;
>  			struct drm_connector *connector =
>  				fb_helper->connector_info[i]->connector;
>  
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
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Daniel Vetter
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