[ 086/117] OMAPDSS: VENC: fix NULL pointer dereference in DSS2 VENC sysfs debugattr on OMAP4

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sun May 27 2012 - 23:30:08 EST


3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@xxxxxxxxx>

commit cc1d3e032df53d83d0ca4d537d8eb67eb5b3e808 upstream.

Commit ba02fa37de80bea10d706f39f076dd848348320a disabled the
venc driver registration on OMAP4. Since the driver never gets
probed/initialised your get a dereferenceed NULL pointer if you
try to get info from /sys/kernel/debug/omapdss/venc

Return info message about disabled venc if venc_dump_regs() gets called.

Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/omap2/dss/venc.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/venc.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/venc.c
index b3e9f90..82865be 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/venc.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/venc.c
@@ -699,6 +699,11 @@ void venc_dump_regs(struct seq_file *s)
{
#define DUMPREG(r) seq_printf(s, "%-35s %08x\n", #r, venc_read_reg(r))

+ if (cpu_is_omap44xx()) {
+ seq_printf(s, "VENC currently disabled on OMAP44xx\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
if (venc_runtime_get())
return;



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