[PATCH 2/4] regulator/wm831x-isink: fix potential NULL dereference

From: Axel Lin
Date: Thu Aug 19 2010 - 21:57:07 EST


pdata is dereferenced earlier than tested for being NULL.
Thus move the dereference of "pdata" below the check for NULL.

Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/regulator/wm831x-isink.c | 9 ++++++---
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/wm831x-isink.c b/drivers/regulator/wm831x-isink.c
index 6c446cd..123d722 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/wm831x-isink.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/wm831x-isink.c
@@ -153,13 +153,16 @@ static __devinit int wm831x_isink_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct wm831x *wm831x = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent);
struct wm831x_pdata *pdata = wm831x->dev->platform_data;
struct wm831x_isink *isink;
- int id = pdev->id % ARRAY_SIZE(pdata->isink);
struct resource *res;
- int ret, irq;
+ int id, ret, irq;

+ if (pdata == NULL)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ id = pdev->id % ARRAY_SIZE(pdata->isink);
dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "Probing ISINK%d\n", id + 1);

- if (pdata == NULL || pdata->isink[id] == NULL)
+ if (pdata->isink[id] == NULL)
return -ENODEV;

isink = kzalloc(sizeof(struct wm831x_isink), GFP_KERNEL);
--
1.7.2



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