[patch 2/3] V2 sgi-xpc: Remove NULL pointer dereference.

From: Robin Holt
Date: Wed Jan 21 2009 - 10:53:56 EST


From: Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx>

If the bte copy fails, the attempt to retrieve payloads merely returns
a null pointer deref and not NULL as was expected.


Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>

---

drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_sn2.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Index: xpc-fixes-20090115/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_sn2.c
===================================================================
--- xpc-fixes-20090115.orig/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_sn2.c 2009-01-15 10:21:56.024557255 -0600
+++ xpc-fixes-20090115/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_sn2.c 2009-01-15 10:50:00.953033142 -0600
@@ -1957,11 +1957,13 @@ xpc_get_deliverable_payload_sn2(struct x

msg = xpc_pull_remote_msg_sn2(ch, get);

- DBUG_ON(msg != NULL && msg->number != get);
- DBUG_ON(msg != NULL && (msg->flags & XPC_M_SN2_DONE));
- DBUG_ON(msg != NULL && !(msg->flags & XPC_M_SN2_READY));
+ if (msg != NULL) {
+ DBUG_ON(msg->number != get);
+ DBUG_ON(msg->flags & XPC_M_SN2_DONE);
+ DBUG_ON(!(msg->flags & XPC_M_SN2_READY));

- payload = &msg->payload;
+ payload = &msg->payload;
+ }
break;
}


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